Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

TUNDS

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

No dictionary definition for TUNDS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use TUNDS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How TUNDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUNDS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,242 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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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First-turn measures

All four describe TUNDS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.52 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How TUNDS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#2,242 Rank among openers
Opening with TUNDS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.62 average. It ranks #2,242 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

TUNDS can come back 85 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

555 answers
224 answers
193 answers
170 answers
141 answers
128 answers
76 answers
72 answers
72 answers
64 answers
54 answers
41 answers
37 answers
37 answers
35 answers
29 answers
28 answers
24 answers
22 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
13 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1N1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing TUNDS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to TUNDS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUNDS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
8% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CARLE 6.32 bits
9.4% →
SPALE 5.67 bits
8.1% →
HEART 5.47 bits
7.1% →
ARIEL 5.60 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.72 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 4.91 bits
3.2% →
CAGEY 4.67 bits
3.0% →
MARLE 4.50 bits
3.0% →
PAIRE 5.09 bits
2.7% →
CROME 4.93 bits

Research on TUNDS

Game-tree analysis and word research for TUNDS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with TUNDS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,582 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with TUNDS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.62, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).