5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TIMON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmən/

Proper noun

A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.

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 TIMON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIMON 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,333 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL CARLE SPALE ROOST SARGE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIMON 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,333 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIMON ranks #2,333 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
17
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:
INOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
221
202
154
128
88
77
77
60
55
54
49
46
37
34
30
30
28
27
24
23
21
20
20
20
19
15
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIMON:

21% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SERAL 6.23 bits
9.4% →
CARLE 5.24 bits
8.6% →
SERAL 5.65 bits
6.5% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 5.16 bits
3.7% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
3.3% →
SPALE 4.43 bits
3.3% →
ROOST 4.61 bits
2.5% →
SARGE 4.23 bits
2.3% →
LEAST 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1M3O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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