5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TUANS

TUANS 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

plural of tuan

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 TUANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUANS 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #434 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE SPILE LINER REFIT DRICE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUANS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#434 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUANS ranks #434 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,040
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
139
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
239
133
119
118
103
81
78
75
74
64
56
50
50
49
33
31
31
27
26
26
23
22
19
18
17
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUANS:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
SPILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
DROLE 6.13 bits
10.1% →
CARLE 5.44 bits
5.6% →
SPILE 5.37 bits
5.0% →
LINER 5.04 bits
5.0% →
REFIT 5.05 bits
4.4% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 4.56 bits
3.3% →
CRIME 4.13 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1A1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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