5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TWEAK

Yes, TWEAK was the Wordle answer on January 22, 2024 (Wordle #947).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twiːk/

Verb

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

“to tweak the nose.”

Verb

To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.

“If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.”

Noun

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.

“a tweak of the nose”

Noun

A slight adjustment or modification.

“He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 22, 2024 (#947).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TWEAK performs as a guess

TWEAK 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,534 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _W__K W in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SOILY SALON GLARE HOIST SAINT
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWEAK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,534 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWEAK ranks #10,534 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
20
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
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
T W E A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TWEAK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
367
260
185
169
97
96
64
63
59
45
44
40
39
32
30
27
26
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26
19
16
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWEAK:

16% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
RIONE 5.31 bits
15.6% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
11.0% →
SALON 4.98 bits
7.8% →
GLARE 4.72 bits
7.2% →
HOIST 5.25 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 4.42 bits
4.1% →
SIREE 4.57 bits
2.7% →
SCREE 4.37 bits
2.7% →
CORAL 4.36 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4E1A1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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