5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TORES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tore

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 TORES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TORES 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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

PLAIN LIANE SNAIL DRAIN CLADE LAIDE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.57 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORES 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORES ranks #289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
1,031
4 guesses
1,046
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14
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:
EORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
34%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

249
198
124
99
94
94
88
83
74
73
71
69
58
56
46
41
32
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORES:

11% chance
Suggested:
PLAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
5% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
PLAIN 5.67 bits
8.4% →
LIANE 5.37 bits
5.3% →
SNAIL 5.08 bits
4.2% →
DRAIN 5.07 bits
4.0% →
CLADE 4.66 bits
4.0% →
LAIDE 3.59 bits
3.7% →
HAUNT 4.78 bits
3.5% →
MOLDY 4.18 bits
3.1% →
ADORN 4.08 bits
3.1% →
SLANE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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