5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WHANG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/[ˈwæŋ]/ˈʍæŋ/

Verb

To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.

Verb

To throw with a rapid slamming motion.

Noun

The penis.

Noun

A blow; a whack.

Alternative forms: wang

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 WHANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHANG 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

W__N_ W in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TALER INNER STIRE ROULE ROUTE
Words starting with W Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHANG 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHANG ranks #9,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
9
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
26%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

686
358
151
151
105
102
84
70
62
43
42
38
29
26
26
26
24
23
23
22
21
18
18
18
17
12
12
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHANG:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
INNER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
15.2% →
TALER 5.58 bits
6.4% →
INNER 5.04 bits
6.4% →
STIRE 5.12 bits
4.5% →
ROULE 5.30 bits
4.3% →
ROUTE 5.11 bits
3.6% →
CANOE 4.54 bits
3.0% →
TOISE 4.79 bits
2.6% →
TRICE 5.13 bits
1.8% →
LAGER 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4A1N1G2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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