5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of toon

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 TOONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOONS 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,708 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARLE HEART SERAL CARLE MAIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOONS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,708 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOONS ranks #5,708 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
33%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

618
239
198
169
116
111
80
72
64
60
39
34
27
26
26
23
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22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOONS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
RAILE 6.29 bits
10.1% →
PARLE 5.65 bits
8.4% →
HEART 5.50 bits
7.2% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
4.9% →
SERAL 4.83 bits
4.7% →
CARLE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
MAIRE 5.14 bits
3.1% →
CAROM 4.99 bits
2.7% →
RAIKE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
CLADE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1O1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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