5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TOLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tole

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 TOLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOLES 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 88 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #400 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TO_ES T in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN DEARE RAINY ACORN SHARP GLARE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
88 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOLES 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#400 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOLES ranks #400 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,012
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
16
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:
ELOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
33%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
207
124
111
110
102
93
92
79
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66
49
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOLES:

10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
DEARE
5% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
CAIRN 5.87 bits
8.8% →
DEARE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
RAINY 4.86 bits
4.7% →
ACORN 5.09 bits
4.7% →
SHARP 5.09 bits
4.3% →
RAINY 4.31 bits
3.9% →
GLARE 4.61 bits
3.9% →
FAITH 4.68 bits
3.4% →
PEARE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
DEARY 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1L1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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