THINK
Yes, THINK was the Wordle answer on November 18, 2023 (Wordle #882).
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋk/[ˈθɪŋk]/ˈθæŋk/
- Verb
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To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
“Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.”
- Verb
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To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
“"I should phone my mother," I thought.”
- Noun
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An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
“I'll have a think about that and let you know.”
Alternative forms: thinck, thinke
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken (also thinchen, thünchen), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”), from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem”).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
One syllable Say it THIHNGK.
Rhymes with DRINK BLINK BRINK STINK TWINK
Related meanings
Synonyms mean believe remember GUESS consider imagine
In a sentence
I think it was you.
I think I have it.
Use THINK in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: November 18, 2023 (#882).
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2 recorded appearances in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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· Puzzle #1063
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THINK appeared in ___ PIECE (purple group).
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· Puzzle #467
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THINK appeared in PRESUME (yellow group).
How THINK performs as a guess
THINK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe THINK used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How THINK 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches THINK in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
THINK can come back 94 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for THINK; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
Try next
Strategy after playing THINK
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to THINK.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing THINK:
Research on THINK
Game-tree analysis and word research for THINK, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with THINK, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #6,682 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.85 guesses at best and is rank #2,938 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- THINK sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 1,202 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with internal bodily sensation (3.5 of 5).
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).