5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TUQUE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tuːk//tjuːk//tʊk/

Noun

a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.

Noun

Alternative form of toque.

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 TUQUE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUQUE 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 71.7% of games, misses completely in 28.3%, and leaves about 334 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,532 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR SORAL HOIST SLART SADLY
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
334 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUQUE 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,532 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUQUE ranks #14,532 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
544
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
433
6 guesses
39
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
3 vowels
Common:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
32%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

667
410
274
227
143
93
80
68
42
38
33
30
29
26
24
23
15
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
6
6
6
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUQUE:

28% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
12% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.3% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
17.4% →
SOLAR 5.14 bits
11.6% →
SORAL 4.82 bits
9.6% →
HOIST 5.30 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.99 bits
3.9% →
SADLY 3.77 bits
3.4% →
SLUNG 4.25 bits
2.9% →
RAINY 4.75 bits
1.8% →
SALTY 3.90 bits
1.6% →
SNARY 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1Q10U1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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