5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TONUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

tonicity; tone

“muscular tonus”

Noun

A tonal system or mode used in Gregorian chant.

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 TONUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TONUS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,203 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__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARLE HEART CADRE ARIEL MARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TONUS 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TONUS ranks #1,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,013
4 guesses
1,090
5 guesses
173
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:
NOSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
176
160
130
124
119
114
96
66
64
61
54
41
38
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31
25
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TONUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
7.5% →
PARLE 5.66 bits
6.8% →
HEART 5.48 bits
5.5% →
CADRE 5.22 bits
5.3% →
ARIEL 5.32 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.90 bits
4.8% →
MARLE 4.75 bits
4.1% →
SHALE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
MAIRE 4.95 bits
2.7% →
CADIE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1N1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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