5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOSSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɒsi/

Adjective

Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.

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 TOSSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOSSY 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE CRANE PLANE LAIDE RANCE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOSSY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOSSY ranks #9,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
28

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
37%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
211
205
174
169
121
89
85
57
54
48
41
33
32
31
26
26
23
18
18
16
16
16
13
12
12
12
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOSSY:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
8.9% →
CARLE 5.50 bits
8.7% →
CRANE 5.38 bits
7.4% →
PLANE 5.30 bits
7.2% →
LAIDE 4.77 bits
5.1% →
RANCE 4.81 bits
3.8% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.17 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.34 bits
2.3% →
CARLE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1S1S1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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