5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TOSYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

toluenesulfonyl, phenylmethylsulfonyl

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 TOSYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOSYL 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__Y_ T in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE SNARE ALINE CARET CRANE DAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOSYL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOSYL ranks #3,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
21
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:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
185
173
152
150
137
87
87
77
74
62
51
49
45
45
42
35
33
27
25
21
20
19
18
17
17
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOSYL:

17% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
7.8% →
SNARE 5.43 bits
7.3% →
ALINE 5.22 bits
6.4% →
CARET 5.41 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
5.8% →
DAINE 4.99 bits
3.7% →
RANCE 4.75 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
RAINE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
RAINE 5.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1S1Y4L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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