5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TORAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels, often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serving as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.

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.

Why this solver ranks TORAN highly

This solver ranks TORAN highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #72 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #59 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE SPALE PRIED SLICE HEIST SLADE
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.49 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORAN 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#59 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORAN ranks #59 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
1,088
4 guesses
1,028
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
213
148
114
114
108
91
83
75
62
59
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORAN:

11% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
6% chance
Suggested:
PRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SIDLE 5.98 bits
9.0% →
SPALE 5.53 bits
6.3% →
PRIED 5.06 bits
4.8% →
SLICE 5.12 bits
4.8% →
HEIST 5.21 bits
4.6% →
SLADE 4.36 bits
3.9% →
SLICE 4.67 bits
3.5% →
CLOSE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
SLICE 5.10 bits
2.6% →
DRICE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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