5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TANKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋki/[ˈtʰæŋki]/ˈteɪ̯ŋki/

Adjective

Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.

Adjective

Able to withstand much damage, having a lot of hit points (that is, like a tank).

Noun

A sailor who assists the navigator of the ship; a sailor in charge of the ship's hold, and thus responsible for the provision of rations and water.

Noun

Alternative form of tankie (“a soldier from a tank regiment; a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain”).

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 TANKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TANKY 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,721 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER PEARL SHIER POIRE SOLDE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TANKY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,721 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TANKY ranks #5,721 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
14
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)
79%
Green tile
35%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
265
220
148
142
108
106
67
66
59
50
46
42
40
32
31
27
23
23
23
22
19
18
17
16
15
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TANKY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
PEARL
9% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
11.2% →
PEARL 5.42 bits
9.3% →
SHIER 5.57 bits
6.3% →
POIRE 5.32 bits
6.0% →
SOLDE 4.58 bits
4.6% →
LEAST 4.96 bits
4.5% →
SILER 4.89 bits
2.8% →
SHOER 4.93 bits
2.8% →
GRISE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1N1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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