5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

TIGHT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /taɪt/

Adjective

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

“a tight sponge; a tight knot”

Adjective

Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.

“The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.”

Adverb

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

“Hold on tight to the rope.”

Adverb

Soundly.

“Good night, sleep tight.”

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 TIGHT performs as a guess

TIGHT 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 64.1% of games, misses completely in 35.9%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,251 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__H_ T in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE CARLE CARSE SERAL ALURE SANED
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIGHT 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIGHT ranks #11,251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
305
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
A W F U L
M I G H T
T I G H T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TIGHT in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

846
234
183
140
125
124
110
58
49
47
46
40
38
32
20
18
18
16
14
12
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIGHT:

36% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.9% →
SOARE 6.04 bits
9.9% →
CARLE 5.24 bits
7.8% →
CARSE 5.80 bits
5.9% →
SOARE 5.48 bits
5.3% →
SERAL 5.22 bits
5.3% →
ALURE 5.39 bits
4.7% →
SANED 4.52 bits
2.5% →
PORAE 5.01 bits
2.1% →
COURE 4.22 bits
2.0% →
SNARE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1G2H4T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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