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

THICK

Yes, THICK was the Wordle answer on November 22, 2025 (Wordle #1617).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɪk//θɘk/

Adjective

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Adjective

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

“I want some planks that are two inches thick.”

Adverb

In a thick manner.

“Snow lay thick on the ground.”

Adverb

Frequently or numerously.

“The arrows flew thick and fast around us.”

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: November 22, 2025 (#1617).

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

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How THICK performs as a guess

THICK 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 68.9% of games, misses completely in 31.1%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,827 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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

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SOARE SALET SIDLE CARLE SLANE SAYER
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THICK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,827 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THICK ranks #6,827 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
12
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:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THICK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

734
257
199
138
121
83
68
64
54
44
42
37
37
33
32
27
24
19
19
19
16
16
14
13
12
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THICK:

31% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.1% →
SOARE 6.01 bits
10.9% →
SALET 5.69 bits
8.4% →
SIDLE 5.13 bits
5.9% →
CARLE 5.74 bits
5.1% →
SLANE 5.13 bits
3.5% →
SAYER 5.08 bits
2.9% →
SENOR 4.70 bits
2.7% →
SIENT 4.25 bits
2.3% →
SOARE 4.84 bits
1.9% →
PARLE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4I1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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