5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOPOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊpɒs/

Noun

A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.

Noun

A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).

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 TOPOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOPOS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TO_OS T in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOPOS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOPOS ranks #7,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
20
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
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
231
218
135
127
116
104
89
62
55
36
34
34
29
24
23
23
21
21
20
18
16
15
11
10
10
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOPOS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
9.8% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
9.2% →
HEART 5.45 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 4.78 bits
5.4% →
CRANE 5.55 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 4.73 bits
4.4% →
LIANE 5.27 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.18 bits
2.6% →
SPARE 4.93 bits
2.3% →
MARLE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1P3O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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