5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TICKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪ.ki/

Adjective

infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).

“The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.”

Noun

a tick (particularly, a check mark).

“Can I get another ticky?”

Interjection

Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.

“Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.”

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 TICKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TICKY 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,370 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SLANE ALOSE SNARE RANSE PORAE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TICKY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,370 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TICKY ranks #8,370 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
18
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:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
30%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
259
204
188
161
86
83
73
52
50
50
43
41
34
32
28
27
23
21
20
20
19
18
17
15
12
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TICKY:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
SOARE 6.10 bits
11.0% →
SOARE 5.68 bits
8.7% →
SLANE 5.51 bits
8.0% →
ALOSE 4.73 bits
6.8% →
SOARE 5.81 bits
3.6% →
SNARE 4.73 bits
3.5% →
RANSE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
PORAE 5.14 bits
2.2% →
CHARE 4.78 bits
2.1% →
PARLE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1C3K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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