Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

TOHOS

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

No dictionary definition for TOHOS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use TOHOS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How TOHOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOHOS 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 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #8,963 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe TOHOS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.07 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How TOHOS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#8,963 Rank among openers
Opening with TOHOS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.74 average. It ranks #8,963 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
24%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

TOHOS can come back 79 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

749 answers
230 answers
192 answers
134 answers
124 answers
124 answers
110 answers
76 answers
71 answers
55 answers
55 answers
34 answers
29 answers
28 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
21 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1H4O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing TOHOS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to TOHOS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOHOS:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
9.6% →
RAILE 5.58 bits
8.1% →
RAILE 5.54 bits
5.6% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
5.2% →
CARLE 4.77 bits
5.2% →
SPAER 4.95 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
3.2% →
RAINE 5.18 bits
3.0% →
SERAL 4.57 bits
2.3% →
MARLE 4.59 bits

Research on TOHOS

Game-tree analysis and word research for TOHOS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with TOHOS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.80 guesses and ranks #10,684 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.93 guesses at best and is rank #4,886 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.74, at or below the proven-optimal 3.80, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).