5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TRONC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant.

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 TRONC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRONC 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #293 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___C T in the 1st position and C in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__C R in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

AISLE LEASE SLATE LAIDE CLAME MOLDY
Words starting with T Words ending with C

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRONC 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#293 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRONC ranks #293 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
136
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
218
183
119
105
93
75
73
61
60
56
46
43
40
40
40
38
35
34
32
28
28
28
25
21
20
19
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRONC:

17% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
AISLE 6.23 bits
9.2% →
LEASE 5.21 bits
7.8% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
5.0% →
LAIDE 5.27 bits
4.5% →
CLAME 5.39 bits
3.9% →
MOLDY 4.88 bits
3.2% →
SORER 4.16 bits
3.1% →
SPADE 4.68 bits
2.6% →
SAREE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
SLADE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1O1N1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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