5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

THONG

THONG is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɒŋ//θɔŋ//θɑŋ/

Noun

A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.

Noun

An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.

“She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 THONG performs as a guess

THONG is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,353 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___G T in the 1st position and G in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SERAL CARLE GRADE SLADE SAKER
Words starting with T Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THONG 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,353 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THONG ranks #3,353 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOT

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
P U N C H
T H O N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THONG in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
234
167
150
109
98
74
70
69
61
54
51
48
37
31
30
30
26
25
24
22
21
19
16
15
15
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THONG:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
7% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
9.9% →
SERAL 5.70 bits
7.1% →
CARLE 5.27 bits
6.4% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
GRADE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
SLADE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
SERAL 4.97 bits
3.0% →
SAKER 4.93 bits
2.9% →
PAIRE 5.06 bits
2.6% →
SAMEN 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4O1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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