5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TORSK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɔɹsk/

Noun

An edible fish, Brosme brosme.

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 TORSK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TORSK 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__K O in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE LAIDE LATHE LIANE CLADE ALINE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORSK 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORSK ranks #3,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
193
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
260
170
130
108
104
90
87
60
60
56
48
40
38
38
35
33
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORSK:

19% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
7% chance
Suggested:
LATHE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
ANILE 6.17 bits
11.0% →
LAIDE 5.35 bits
7.2% →
LATHE 5.24 bits
5.5% →
LIANE 5.40 bits
4.6% →
CLADE 4.49 bits
4.4% →
ALINE 5.42 bits
3.8% →
DAINE 4.36 bits
3.7% →
STALE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
SHALE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
FEARE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1S1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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