5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tuːlz/

Noun

plural of tool

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tool

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 TOOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOOLS 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,794 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE SNARE HEART RANCE MANOR DAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOOLS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,794 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOOLS ranks #5,794 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
235
221
185
114
100
91
86
79
64
51
48
31
28
28
27
26
25
23
22
18
18
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15
13
13
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOOLS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
10.0% →
RAINE 5.40 bits
9.4% →
SNARE 5.43 bits
7.8% →
HEART 5.47 bits
4.8% →
RAINE 4.72 bits
4.2% →
RANCE 4.76 bits
3.9% →
MANOR 5.29 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.20 bits
3.4% →
DAINE 4.65 bits
2.7% →
CRANE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1O1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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