5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THUNK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θʌŋk/

Verb

past participle of think

“Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?”

Interjection

Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact.

Verb

To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.

“I was thunked on the head by his stick.”

Noun

A delayed computation.

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 THUNK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THUNK 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,077 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__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

RAILE REAST ARIEL SOREL SOARE PAIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THUNK 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,077 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THUNK ranks #7,077 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
249
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:
NTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
25%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

735
260
220
140
82
72
69
67
63
55
48
47
44
30
26
24
24
22
17
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11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THUNK:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
11.0% →
REAST 5.69 bits
9.3% →
ARIEL 5.45 bits
5.9% →
SOREL 4.95 bits
3.5% →
SOARE 5.12 bits
3.1% →
PAIRE 5.04 bits
2.9% →
SOARE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
COATE 4.37 bits
2.7% →
SWARE 5.10 bits
2.3% →
SACRE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4U1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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