5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/[ˈtʰwɪŋk]

Verb

To twinkle; to sparkle.

Noun

One or more very small, short bursts of light.

Noun

A very short moment of time.

Verb

To chirp or twitter.

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 TWINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWINK 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 314 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,973 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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

SOARE SILER MORAE CARLE RANCE PORAE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
314 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWINK 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,973 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWINK ranks #8,973 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

747
292
169
159
99
74
74
71
64
58
47
43
34
30
30
25
24
21
20
19
17
15
14
13
12
10
10
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWINK:

32% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
SOARE 6.14 bits
12.4% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
7.2% →
SILER 5.04 bits
6.7% →
MORAE 5.36 bits
4.2% →
CARLE 4.98 bits
3.1% →
RANCE 4.52 bits
3.1% →
PORAE 5.04 bits
3.0% →
FIRST 4.20 bits
2.7% →
SOREL 4.87 bits
2.5% →
SOARE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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