5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THALI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A round metal platter used to serve food in India.

Noun

A meal served on such a platter, typically comprising a selection of different dishes presented in small bowls.

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 THALI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THALI 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,795 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___I T in the 1st position and I in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__I H in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

DORSE RINSE SENOR SOBER SOREL CRUSE
Words starting with T Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THALI 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THALI ranks #1,795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
13
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:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
220
206
130
127
98
89
75
67
65
56
52
46
45
40
36
33
28
28
26
25
24
24
24
23
23
18
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THALI:

15% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
DORSE 6.04 bits
9.3% →
RINSE 5.45 bits
8.7% →
SENOR 5.24 bits
5.5% →
SENOR 5.51 bits
5.4% →
SOBER 4.97 bits
4.2% →
SOREL 4.65 bits
3.8% →
CRUSE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
SENOR 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SINCE 4.25 bits
2.8% →
SANER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1L1I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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