At a glance

Most common: WATER, JUICE, SHAKE. Rarest: KUMIS, PRUNO, CYDER. 14 have been a Wordle answer (WATER, JUICE, SHAKE, VODKA, COCOA, CIDER…). 1 more is on the answer list and could still come up.

Five-letter drinks (26)

WordRarityWordle
WATERCommon#1495
JUICEUncommon#1134
SHAKEUncommon#243
PUNCHUncommonpossible answer
PERRYUncommon—
VODKARare#152
COCOARare#689
CIDERRare#635
STOUTRare#65
TONICEpic#760
LATTEEpic#696
SHRUBEpic#80
LAGEREpic#1205
MOCHAEpic#1934
CUPPALegendary—
DECAFLegendary—
HOOCHLegendary—
TODDYLegendary#1843
NEGUSLegendary—
JULEPLegendary—
PLONKMythic—
KEFIRMythic#1516
KVASSMythic—
CYDERMythic—
PRUNOMythic—
KUMISMythic—

Four-letter drinks (18)

WINE, PORT, BEER, MILK, SAKE, SODA, MARC, COLA, BREW, MEAD, FIZZ, BOCK, VINO, CAVA, GROG, KAVA, ARAK, OUZO

Three-letter drinks (4)

TEA, GIN, ALE, RUM

Questions

What is the most common five-letter drink?

WATER, followed by JUICE and SHAKE, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter drink?

KUMIS is the rarest on this list, then PRUNO and CYDER. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Mythic.

Which five-letter drinks have been Wordle answers?

WATER (#1495), JUICE (#1134), SHAKE (#243), VODKA (#152), COCOA (#689), CIDER (#635), STOUT (#65), TONIC (#760), LATTE (#696), SHRUB (#80), LAGER (#1205), MOCHA (#1934), TODDY (#1843), KEFIR (#1516).

Rarity is how often a word appears in a large sample of written English (the wordfreq dataset), the same measure Wordillion scores with. “Wordle” shows the puzzle number if the word has been a New York Times Wordle answer, or “possible answer” if it is on the answer list but has not come up yet.