5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TRONK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

Open Solver with TRONK Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A prison.

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 TRONK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRONK 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

AISLE LEASE SHALE CADIE COLEY SORER
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRONK 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRONK ranks #2,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
246
217
137
120
91
90
65
63
57
50
48
43
42
35
33
32
29
28
27
25
24
21
19
18
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRONK:

19% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
AISLE 6.16 bits
10.4% →
LEASE 5.22 bits
9.2% →
SHALE 5.68 bits
5.8% →
CADIE 5.28 bits
5.1% →
COLEY 4.86 bits
3.9% →
CADIE 4.81 bits
3.8% →
SORER 4.29 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.67 bits
2.7% →
SLADE 4.61 bits
2.4% →
MOILE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1O1N1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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