5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

TANGO

TANGO is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/[ˈtʰæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯]/ˈtæ̝ŋɡoʊ̯/

Noun

A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.

Noun

A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.

Verb

To dance the tango.

Verb

To mingle or interact (with each other).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 TANGO performs as a guess

TANGO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SCARE SOLER SHIER SILER SERAL
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TANGO 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,086 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TANGO ranks #2,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
ANOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
P A T I O
T A N G O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TANGO in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
249
214
147
112
93
85
83
78
57
55
53
51
49
36
33
28
28
25
24
23
22
21
20
20
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TANGO:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SLIER 6.12 bits
10.6% →
SCARE 5.39 bits
9.1% →
SOLER 5.14 bits
6.2% →
SHIER 5.36 bits
4.7% →
SILER 4.82 bits
3.9% →
SERAL 4.90 bits
3.6% →
ROUSE 4.55 bits
3.5% →
SIDER 5.16 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 4.47 bits
2.4% →
MOLAR 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1N1G2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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