5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TONES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /təʊnz//toʊnz/

Noun

plural of tone

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tone

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 TONES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TONES 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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

LAIRY LEARE SHALY ARIEL CAROL CLARY
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TONES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TONES ranks #1,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
13
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:
ENOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
34%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
243
129
115
103
87
87
86
81
71
62
51
46
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TONES:

11% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
5% chance
Suggested:
SHALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
LAIRY 5.66 bits
10.3% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
5.5% →
SHALY 5.09 bits
4.9% →
ARIEL 4.10 bits
4.4% →
CAROL 4.97 bits
3.7% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
3.7% →
FAITH 4.60 bits
3.6% →
HEART 4.74 bits
3.4% →
SPALE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
GRAIN 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1N1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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