5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THANA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː.nə//ˈtɑ.nə//ˈtɐː.nə/

Noun

An military outpost.

Noun

A police station or police jurisdiction.

Alternative forms: tana, tanna, tannah, thanna

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 THANA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THANA 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,906 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CARLE SOREL SILER SCIRE SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THANA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,906 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THANA ranks #7,906 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

613
250
198
164
110
85
81
79
68
53
52
52
45
30
30
27
24
23
23
21
20
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THANA:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
10.6% →
CARLE 5.34 bits
8.4% →
SOREL 5.52 bits
7.0% →
SILER 5.16 bits
4.7% →
SCIRE 4.90 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.77 bits
3.4% →
CANOE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
GORSE 4.43 bits
2.9% →
SOUCE 4.64 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1N1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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