5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TOMMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑmi//ˈtɒmi/

Noun

A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.

Noun

A tommy bar.

Verb

To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.

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 TOMMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOMMY 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 358 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__M_ T in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SALET CRANE RANCE RAINE SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
358 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOMMY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOMMY ranks #12,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
34%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
310
227
187
122
85
84
75
48
42
36
34
28
25
19
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
9
9
6
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOMMY:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
RAISE 6.18 bits
13.1% →
SALET 5.64 bits
9.6% →
CRANE 5.37 bits
7.9% →
RAISE 4.73 bits
5.2% →
RANCE 4.76 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.18 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.35 bits
3.2% →
SACRE 5.32 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 3.72 bits
1.8% →
SATED 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1M3M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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