5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOQUE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /təʊk//toʊk//tuːk/

Noun

A type of hat with no brim.

Noun

A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.

Alternative forms: touque, tuque

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 TOQUE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOQUE 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,008 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNARL ARIEL LAIRY ARSON SURLY SHIRT
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOQUE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOQUE ranks #13,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
334
6 guesses
36
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
329
195
176
143
143
125
108
57
50
46
46
44
43
35
34
32
27
23
22
21
20
17
15
13
13
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOQUE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNARL
14% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SNARL 5.62 bits
14.0% →
ARIEL 5.21 bits
8.3% →
LAIRY 4.55 bits
7.5% →
ARSON 5.29 bits
6.1% →
SURLY 4.49 bits
6.1% →
SHIRT 5.18 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.04 bits
4.6% →
CLARY 4.58 bits
2.4% →
SNARE 3.64 bits
2.1% →
SPORT 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1Q10U1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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