5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TORTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɔːts//toɹts/

Noun

Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).

Noun

plural of tort

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 TORTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TORTS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,141 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TO_TS T in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE LAIDE SLANE LEANT ALINE CLADE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORTS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,141 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORTS ranks #7,141 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
29
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
287
213
120
119
112
96
79
61
58
51
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
12.2% →
LAIDE 5.30 bits
9.0% →
SLANE 5.47 bits
5.1% →
LEANT 5.18 bits
5.0% →
ALINE 5.46 bits
4.7% →
CLADE 4.51 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 4.34 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.83 bits
2.6% →
CADRE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
SHAPE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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