5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

TRUNK

TRUNK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋk//tɹʊŋk/[t͡ʃɹʌŋk]

Noun

Part of a body.

Noun

A container.

Verb

To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.

Verb

To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.

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

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 TRUNK performs as a guess

TRUNK 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 HAOLE LEAST CANOE CADIE SLIME
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRUNK 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRUNK ranks #3,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
197
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:
NRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRUNK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
285
235
174
115
94
80
60
58
55
52
50
44
35
34
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26
24
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22
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRUNK:

20% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
12% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
AISLE 6.11 bits
12.1% →
HAOLE 5.21 bits
10.0% →
LEAST 5.59 bits
7.4% →
CANOE 5.31 bits
4.9% →
CADIE 4.81 bits
4.0% →
SLIME 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SAREE 4.60 bits
2.5% →
SURER 4.69 bits
2.5% →
ALOSE 4.65 bits
2.3% →
AINEE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1U1N1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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