5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TIPSY

Yes, TIPSY was the Wordle answer on May 13, 2022 (Wordle #328).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪp.si/

Adjective

Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

Adjective

Unsteady, askew.

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: May 13, 2022 (#328).

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

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How TIPSY performs as a guess

TIPSY 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,776 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CRANE CARET DROLE CARNE STANE AHOLE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIPSY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,776 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIPSY ranks #1,776 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
156
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
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T I P S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TIPSY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
188
186
163
133
82
80
77
74
65
56
45
43
31
27
27
26
26
22
22
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIPSY:

24% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
CRANE 6.16 bits
8.0% →
CARET 5.50 bits
7.9% →
CRANE 5.58 bits
6.9% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
5.6% →
CARNE 5.33 bits
3.5% →
STANE 4.57 bits
3.4% →
CARNE 5.45 bits
3.3% →
AHOLE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
RANCE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
CARNE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1P3S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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