5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWANK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtwæŋk/[ˈtʰwæŋk]/ˈtweɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

A sharp, twanging sound.

Verb

To emit a sharp twanging sound.

Verb

To cause to make a sharp twanging sound.

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 TWANK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWANK 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 _W__K W in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

PROLE MARLE SHIER GOIER CRISE CARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWANK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,086 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWANK ranks #8,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
291
239
150
135
106
89
66
65
59
52
39
37
34
27
23
22
16
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWANK:

25% chance
Suggested:
PROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
PROLE 5.92 bits
12.3% →
MARLE 5.44 bits
10.1% →
SHIER 5.45 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 5.13 bits
5.7% →
CRISE 5.07 bits
4.5% →
CARLE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
CANOE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
SOILY 4.50 bits
2.8% →
SHOER 4.89 bits
2.5% →
WORLD 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4A1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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