5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TANGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A pair of tanga briefs.

Noun

Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.

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 TANGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TANGA 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,918 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SHIER SOREL LEAST SHORE
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TANGA 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,918 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TANGA ranks #8,918 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
27%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
264
239
162
117
100
74
68
65
61
52
47
38
35
25
24
23
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TANGA:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
11.2% →
SCARE 5.30 bits
10.1% →
SHIER 5.46 bits
6.9% →
SOREL 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SOREL 4.90 bits
4.2% →
LEAST 5.00 bits
3.1% →
SHORE 4.89 bits
2.9% →
ROULE 5.26 bits
2.8% →
CRISE 4.28 bits
2.6% →
CRINE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1N1G2A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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