5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TANGY

Yes, TANGY was the Wordle answer on January 14, 2022 (Wordle #209).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋiː/

Adjective

Having a sharp, pungent flavor.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 14, 2022 (#209).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TANGY performs as a guess

TANGY 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,917 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CLOSE SHIER SORED SOLDE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TANGY 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
0.66 Volatility
#2,917 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TANGY ranks #2,917 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
155
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
T A N G Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TANGY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
269
205
136
135
107
93
66
62
50
47
43
41
35
34
31
30
30
29
25
23
21
20
20
17
16
14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TANGY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
CLOSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
SLIER 6.16 bits
11.4% →
CLOSE 5.34 bits
8.7% →
SHIER 5.55 bits
5.8% →
SORED 5.30 bits
5.7% →
SOLDE 4.60 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.96 bits
3.9% →
SOREL 4.88 bits
2.8% →
SHOER 4.88 bits
2.6% →
CRINE 4.46 bits
2.1% →
ROULE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1N1G2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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