5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAWER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː.ə(ɹ)//ˈtɔː.ɹə(ɹ)/

Noun

One who taws

Alternative forms: tawyer

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 TAWER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAWER 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,019 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position TA_ER T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLAIN HOIST CROUP SLADE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAWER 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,019 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAWER ranks #3,019 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
12
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
195
139
130
114
105
102
89
78
75
64
58
55
51
46
45
38
34
31
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24
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAWER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
8.3% →
SEINE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
SLAIN 5.10 bits
5.5% →
HOIST 5.23 bits
4.8% →
CROUP 4.77 bits
4.5% →
SLADE 4.65 bits
4.3% →
POISE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
SONLY 4.68 bits
3.3% →
SOILY 3.61 bits
3.2% →
BROAD 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1W4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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