5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THANX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative spelling of thanks.

Noun

Alternative spelling of thanks.

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 THANX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THANX 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

SOLER CARLE ROUET SILER CRISE SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THANX 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THANX ranks #9,258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
17
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)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
294
192
161
126
96
89
79
67
53
51
50
48
30
30
29
24
23
23
22
21
20
18
17
14
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THANX:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
12.5% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
ROUET 5.46 bits
6.8% →
SILER 5.15 bits
5.3% →
CRISE 4.83 bits
4.1% →
SALET 4.86 bits
3.8% →
CANOE 4.53 bits
3.4% →
GORSE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
SOUCE 4.64 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1N1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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