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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TAWNY

Yes, TAWNY was the Wordle answer on November 27, 2023 (Wordle #891).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːni//ˈtɔni//ˈtɑ-/

Adjective

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

Verb

To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

Verb

To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

Noun

A light brown to brownish orange colour.

Alternative forms: tawney

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: November 27, 2023 (#891).

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

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How TAWNY performs as a guess

TAWNY 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,559 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CRISE SHIER MOILE GOIER SOREL
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAWNY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,559 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAWNY ranks #5,559 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
196
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAWNY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
276
212
145
136
108
108
60
60
60
42
39
37
37
34
31
31
29
27
23
23
23
20
17
14
14
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAWNY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
CRISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
SLIER 6.10 bits
11.7% →
CRISE 5.39 bits
9.0% →
SHIER 5.54 bits
6.1% →
MOILE 4.47 bits
5.8% →
GOIER 5.13 bits
4.6% →
SOREL 4.85 bits
4.6% →
LEAST 4.93 bits
2.5% →
SIRED 4.38 bits
2.5% →
ALOSE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SHOER 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1W4N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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