5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

THANK

Yes, THANK was the Wordle answer on September 26, 2024 (Wordle #1195).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk/[ˈθæŋk]/ˈθaŋk/

Verb

To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).

“She thanked him for the lift.”

Verb

In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.

“I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!”

Noun

singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)

Alternative forms: thanke

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 26, 2024 (#1195).

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

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How THANK performs as a guess

THANK 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,365 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__N_ T 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

DROLE MARLE ROUET SENOR SCIRE SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THANK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,365 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THANK ranks #4,365 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
11
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:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THANK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
276
191
150
106
96
87
67
67
52
50
45
41
35
30
29
26
24
23
22
22
21
17
17
16
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THANK:

23% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
DROLE 6.08 bits
11.7% →
MARLE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
6.4% →
SENOR 5.16 bits
4.5% →
SCIRE 4.83 bits
4.1% →
SALET 4.87 bits
3.7% →
CANOE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
SIRED 4.43 bits
2.8% →
SOUCE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
GRICE 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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