5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THUGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of thug

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 THUGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THUGS 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 69.3% of games, misses completely in 30.7%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PAIRE RAILE RAINE CARLE BRACE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THUGS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THUGS ranks #5,700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
13
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

724
227
176
128
123
112
80
79
52
46
46
44
42
42
29
27
23
23
20
17
17
16
15
14
11
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THUGS:

31% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.7% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
9.6% →
PAIRE 5.59 bits
7.5% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 4.93 bits
5.2% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 4.80 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 5.07 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.19 bits
2.2% →
BRACE 4.40 bits
2.0% →
DRICE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4U1G2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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