5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THACK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θæk/

Noun

A stroke; a thwack.

Interjection

The sound of a thack.

Noun

The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.

Verb

To cover a roof with thack.

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 THACK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THACK 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,055 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.

T___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__C_ T 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

RIONE MARLE ROUET COURE GRISE SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% 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 THACK 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
0.71 Volatility
#6,055 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THACK ranks #6,055 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
20
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:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
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217
109
107
98
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48
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THACK:

27% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
RIONE 6.03 bits
13.2% →
MARLE 5.27 bits
9.2% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
4.6% →
COURE 5.33 bits
4.5% →
GRISE 4.84 bits
4.2% →
SALET 4.85 bits
2.5% →
CORAL 4.56 bits
2.4% →
HORSE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
PRISE 4.71 bits
2.0% →
SPILE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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