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TIGER

Yes, TIGER was the Wordle answer on January 5, 2022 (Wordle #200).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɡə//ˈtaɪɡɚ/[ˈtʌɪɡɚ]

Noun

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

Noun

Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.

Alternative forms: tigre, tyger, tygre

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 5, 2022 (#200).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TIGER performs as a guess

TIGER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,706 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE HOARD SHOUT CEASE SLAIN
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIGER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,706 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIGER ranks #1,706 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
A G U E Y
T I G E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TIGER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
212
163
127
121
113
97
76
70
55
53
52
48
48
47
35
30
29
27
26
26
23
23
22
21
21
21
21
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIGER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
HOARD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SALON 5.76 bits
9.0% →
SLANE 5.54 bits
6.9% →
HOARD 5.05 bits
5.4% →
SHOUT 5.15 bits
5.1% →
CEASE 4.77 bits
4.8% →
SLAIN 5.23 bits
4.1% →
SLATE 5.07 bits
3.2% →
SOAPY 3.59 bits
3.0% →
ALONE 4.05 bits
2.3% →
SLANE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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