5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TOADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of toad

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of toad

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 TOADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOADS 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,254 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__D_ T in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE SLIER CRINE CRUET CLONE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOADS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,254 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOADS ranks #1,254 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
12
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:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
218
151
116
112
106
102
93
75
69
67
60
56
48
46
39
33
31
31
31
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27
25
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOADS:

14% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
LINER 5.94 bits
9.2% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
6.4% →
SLIER 5.24 bits
4.9% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
4.7% →
CRUET 5.01 bits
4.5% →
CLONE 4.39 bits
4.3% →
CRINE 4.93 bits
3.9% →
DINER 5.30 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 4.58 bits
2.9% →
SLIER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1A1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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