5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TANGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌŋi//ˈtaŋi/

Noun

A Maori dirge, or song for the dead.

Noun

Funeral rites; a funeral ceremony, a tangihanga.

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 TANGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TANGI 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___I T in the 1st position and I in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SPILE SOREL LEAST HEIST
Words starting with T Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TANGI 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TANGI ranks #3,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
10
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:
AINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
262
207
152
113
110
100
87
52
50
49
49
46
42
35
30
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25
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TANGI:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOLER 6.01 bits
11.1% →
SCARE 5.37 bits
8.8% →
SPILE 5.31 bits
6.4% →
SOREL 5.47 bits
4.8% →
SOREL 4.81 bits
4.7% →
SOREL 5.14 bits
4.2% →
LEAST 5.02 bits
3.7% →
HEIST 4.45 bits
2.2% →
SNORE 4.40 bits
2.1% →
CRAKE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1N1G2I1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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