5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHONK

SHONK is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of shonky (“a dishonest person”).

Noun

A Jew.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 SHONK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHONK as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,983 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER ARIEL PLATE TARSE CARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHONK 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,983 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHONK ranks #4,983 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
16
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
33%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
216
159
146
125
101
89
71
70
46
41
38
32
32
31
29
29
26
25
23
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHONK:

29% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
9.2% →
TALER 5.42 bits
6.7% →
ARIEL 5.33 bits
6.2% →
PLATE 5.55 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
4.3% →
CARTE 5.27 bits
3.8% →
TRADE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.48 bits
3.0% →
TIARE 5.00 bits
2.0% →
TRICE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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