5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SHOCK

SHOCK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɒk//ʃɔk//ʃɑk/

Noun

A sudden, heavy impact.

“The train hit the buffers with a great shock.”

Noun

A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).

“If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks.”

Adjective

Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

“His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.”

Verb

To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.

“The disaster shocked the world.”

Alternative forms: choque

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SHOCK performs as a guess

SHOCK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 310 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,443 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TONER LEANT TARSE ARIEL GRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
310 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOCK performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,443 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOCK ranks #6,443 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
33%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S H O C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHOCK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

758
252
169
125
114
110
77
53
45
42
40
35
35
33
33
29
28
23
21
21
19
17
15
15
14
14
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOCK:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

32.1% →
RAILE 6.29 bits
10.7% →
TONER 5.26 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 5.43 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 5.45 bits
4.8% →
ARIEL 5.42 bits
4.7% →
GRADE 4.65 bits
3.3% →
PARTE 5.18 bits
2.2% →
CANER 4.67 bits
1.9% →
PALET 3.90 bits
1.8% →
RAILE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for SHOCK; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

S1H4O1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.