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TOTAL

Yes, TOTAL was the Wordle answer on January 12, 2025 (Wordle #1303).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊ.tl̩//ˈtoʊ.tl̩/[tʰoʊ̯ɾɫ]

Noun

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

“A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.”

Noun

Sum.

“The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.”

Adjective

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

“The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.”

Adjective

Complete; absolute.

“He is a total failure.”

Alternative forms: totall

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 12, 2025 (#1303).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TOTAL performs as a guess

TOTAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,503 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

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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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SACRE SLICE CRINE CRONE SPALE
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOTAL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOTAL ranks #6,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A P T L Y
T O T A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TOTAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
297
160
153
133
128
121
93
61
52
49
45
44
43
38
35
34
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOTAL:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
13% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
SIREN 6.06 bits
12.6% →
SACRE 5.34 bits
6.8% →
SLICE 5.04 bits
6.5% →
CRINE 5.44 bits
5.6% →
CRONE 4.43 bits
5.4% →
SIREN 5.46 bits
5.1% →
SPALE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SHIRE 4.79 bits
2.6% →
MANOR 4.69 bits
2.2% →
CEDAR 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1T1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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