5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLANK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈslæŋk/[ˈslæŋk]/ˈsleɪ̯ŋk/

Verb

simple past and past participle of slink

Noun

A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).

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 SLANK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLANK 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,210 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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 _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE CATER LIBEL DINER RUOTE CARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLANK 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,210 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLANK ranks #1,210 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
216
171
146
114
109
102
88
68
66
53
39
37
31
31
30
28
27
25
23
23
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21
21
19
16
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLANK:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
CATER
7% chance
Suggested:
LIBEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TRODE 6.11 bits
9.2% →
CATER 5.43 bits
7.2% →
LIBEL 4.99 bits
6.2% →
DINER 5.23 bits
4.8% →
RUOTE 5.46 bits
4.6% →
CARTE 4.58 bits
4.3% →
PORTE 5.19 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.14 bits
2.9% →
CANOE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1A1N1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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