5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TARZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Tarzan swing.

Alternative forms: tarzie

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 TARZY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARZY 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,457 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__Z_ T in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE NOISE SIENT MOILE CRANE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARZY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,457 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARZY ranks #8,457 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
16
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:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
270
233
193
147
140
97
91
68
58
45
44
41
39
32
30
30
27
24
24
18
18
17
15
14
14
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARZY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
11% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
SLICE 6.20 bits
11.5% →
NOISE 5.11 bits
9.9% →
SLICE 5.65 bits
8.2% →
SIENT 5.36 bits
6.2% →
MOILE 4.50 bits
5.9% →
CRANE 4.64 bits
4.1% →
LEAST 5.00 bits
3.9% →
SOCLE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
SENOR 4.40 bits
2.5% →
SOUCE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1Z10Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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