5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TONKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A flavoring or fragrance used in foodstuffs and perfumes, derived from the tonka bean which contains coumarin.

Alternative forms: tonca, tonqua, tonquin

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 TONKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TONKA 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,146 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SILER CARLE SHIER CARSE DROLE PLORE
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TONKA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,146 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TONKA ranks #5,146 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
200
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:
ANOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
349
159
141
130
121
94
66
56
54
53
51
48
39
35
35
31
30
29
28
26
26
21
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13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TONKA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SILER
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
SILER 5.98 bits
14.8% →
CARLE 5.52 bits
6.7% →
SHIER 5.33 bits
6.0% →
CARSE 4.83 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 4.53 bits
5.1% →
PLORE 5.01 bits
4.0% →
SLIER 4.99 bits
2.8% →
SLIER 4.86 bits
2.4% →
SHIRE 4.41 bits
2.3% →
SWIRE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1N1K5A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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