5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THAWY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Becoming liquid; thawing; inclined to or tending to thaw.

Adjective

Conducive to thawing.

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 THAWY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THAWY 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,060 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__W_ T in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE RAILE SLIER MOILE SLICE SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THAWY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,060 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THAWY ranks #9,060 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
37%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
308
207
161
133
91
66
63
58
55
48
47
47
32
28
26
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THAWY:

25% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
RIONE 6.02 bits
13.1% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
8.8% →
SLIER 5.50 bits
6.8% →
MOILE 4.59 bits
5.6% →
SLICE 4.92 bits
3.9% →
SALET 4.79 bits
2.8% →
DANSE 3.94 bits
2.7% →
COURE 4.82 bits
2.5% →
SLICE 4.30 bits
2.3% →
SENOR 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1W4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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