5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

TONAL

TONAL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊnəl//ˈtəʊnəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to tones or tonality.

Adjective

Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.

Noun

An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.

Alternative forms: tona

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 TONAL performs as a guess

TONAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #91 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIRED SACRE SLICE SHIER SABLE PRICE
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TONAL 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#91 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TONAL ranks #91 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,082
4 guesses
1,034
5 guesses
148
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALNOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A P T L Y
T O N A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TONAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

284
221
135
130
101
100
98
93
91
53
52
51
48
46
42
40
39
34
34
33
31
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27
27
27
23
23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TONAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
SIRED
9% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SIRED 5.90 bits
9.4% →
SACRE 5.38 bits
5.7% →
SLICE 5.00 bits
5.5% →
SHIER 5.35 bits
4.3% →
SABLE 4.75 bits
4.2% →
PRICE 5.10 bits
4.2% →
CARSE 4.93 bits
3.9% →
SCORE 4.38 bits
3.9% →
SIDER 5.18 bits
2.2% →
CRINE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1N1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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