Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Than

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 THANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THANS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THANS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THANS ranks #822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
9
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:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
240
142
127
114
88
83
81
70
61
56
46
43
43
35
32
29
27
27
26
24
23
23
23
21
21
20
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THANS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1%
DROLE 6.10 bits
10.2%
MARLE 5.37 bits
6.0%
POIRE 5.46 bits
5.4%
DINER 5.15 bits
4.8%
ROUET 5.44 bits
3.7%
DRICE 4.67 bits
3.5%
ROUET 4.70 bits
3.4%
CARLE 4.57 bits
3.0%
ALTER 4.75 bits
2.6%
GOIER 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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