5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOOMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of toom

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of toom

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 TOOMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOOMS 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,443 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__M_ T in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE HEART CARLE CRANE RAINE CANER
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOOMS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,443 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOOMS ranks #8,443 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
22
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
30%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

718
264
227
128
119
91
89
89
83
42
32
31
27
27
26
23
23
21
21
19
18
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13
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12
10
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOOMS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
11.2% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
9.6% →
HEART 5.42 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 4.77 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
3.9% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
3.8% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.22 bits
3.5% →
CANER 5.06 bits
1.8% →
PAIRE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1O1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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