5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tock

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tock

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 TOCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOCKS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,071 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__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ALINE DROLE SALET RAINE ARIEL
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOCKS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,071 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOCKS ranks #6,071 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
15
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
217
192
171
140
129
119
80
51
46
38
36
35
33
32
32
31
26
26
25
24
24
18
17
14
13
13
13
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOCKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
RAILE 6.35 bits
9.2% →
RAILE 5.54 bits
8.1% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
7.3% →
ALINE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
RAILE 5.52 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 4.62 bits
5.0% →
SALET 4.90 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 5.08 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.26 bits
2.0% →
CADRE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1C3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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