5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TOPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tope

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tope

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 TOPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOPES 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,545 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TO_ES T in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN GLARE ACORN SHALY ARIEL CLARY
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOPES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,545 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOPES ranks #1,545 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
278
135
126
125
106
103
85
77
67
55
52
45
37
37
35
35
34
31
30
30
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21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOPES:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
12% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
CAIRN 5.96 bits
11.8% →
GLARE 5.44 bits
5.7% →
ACORN 5.22 bits
5.3% →
SHALY 5.04 bits
5.3% →
ARIEL 4.26 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.60 bits
4.4% →
HAUNT 4.91 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 4.81 bits
3.3% →
SEARE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1P3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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