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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TUNIC

Yes, TUNIC was the Wordle answer on October 29, 2024 (Wordle #1228).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnɪk//ˈtuːnɪk/

Noun

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Noun

Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

Alternative forms: tunick

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: October 29, 2024 (#1228).

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

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How TUNIC performs as a guess

TUNIC 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,228 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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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__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL SIDLE CARLE LEARN MARSE ALOSE
Words starting with T Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% 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 TUNIC 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
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUNIC ranks #2,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
987
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
17
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:
INTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T U N I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TUNIC in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
203
178
163
142
86
84
69
68
58
46
43
43
41
39
34
34
27
25
24
23
22
20
19
18
17
16
13
13
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUNIC:

23% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
8% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SERAL 6.11 bits
8.6% →
SERAL 5.75 bits
7.5% →
SIDLE 5.34 bits
6.9% →
CARLE 5.64 bits
6.0% →
LEARN 5.20 bits
3.6% →
MARSE 4.56 bits
3.6% →
ALOSE 5.09 bits
2.9% →
SHIRT 4.57 bits
2.9% →
SARGE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
SAREE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1N1I1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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