5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TIKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tike

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 TIKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIKES 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,381 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TI_ES T in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR LEARE ROANY CAIRN SNARL COURT
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIKES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,381 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIKES ranks #6,381 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
14
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:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
276
146
139
131
112
96
84
73
66
60
58
44
44
42
35
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIKES:

16% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
MOLAR 5.79 bits
11.7% →
LEARE 5.44 bits
6.2% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
5.9% →
CAIRN 5.34 bits
5.6% →
SNARL 5.03 bits
4.7% →
COURT 4.98 bits
4.1% →
SORAL 4.61 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 4.88 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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