5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TINTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɪnts/

Noun

plural of tint

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tint

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 TINTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TINTS 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,802 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE DROLE ALTER SPAER GRADE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TINTS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TINTS ranks #5,802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
205
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
237
161
157
132
91
80
73
69
58
52
49
47
35
31
27
27
25
23
21
20
20
19
18
17
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TINTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
10.1% →
PARLE 5.70 bits
6.8% →
DROLE 5.24 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 5.49 bits
5.6% →
ALTER 5.42 bits
3.9% →
SPAER 4.85 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
GRADE 4.61 bits
2.9% →
CAGEY 4.66 bits
2.5% →
PORAE 5.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1N1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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