5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TONED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /təʊnd//toʊnd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of tone

Adjective

Having a (specified kind of) tone.

“high-toned”

Adjective

Physically fit, with somewhat defined and firm muscles and limited bodyfat.

“a toned body”

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 TONED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TONED 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #603 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position TO_ED T in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

CLASP SCALE SHIRT SLART SERAL CAROL
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TONED 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TONED ranks #603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
139
6 guesses
9
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:
ENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
260
133
115
112
111
86
76
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52
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TONED:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLASP
11% chance
Suggested:
SCALE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
CLASP 5.78 bits
11.0% →
SCALE 5.42 bits
5.6% →
SHIRT 5.27 bits
4.9% →
SLART 5.09 bits
4.7% →
SERAL 4.28 bits
4.7% →
CAROL 5.08 bits
3.6% →
SLANG 4.81 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 4.60 bits
2.6% →
GEARE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
RAINE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1N1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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