5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TUSKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌs.ki/

Adjective

Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.

Noun

rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable

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 TUSKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUSKY 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,106 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL HEART PARLE DROLE CRONE RAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUSKY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,106 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUSKY ranks #8,106 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
30%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

702
223
219
178
111
106
88
73
66
51
50
38
33
32
31
30
26
24
19
19
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUSKY:

30% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
HEART
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
ARIEL 6.17 bits
9.5% →
HEART 5.44 bits
9.3% →
PARLE 5.47 bits
7.5% →
DROLE 5.12 bits
4.7% →
ARIEL 4.75 bits
4.5% →
CRONE 5.11 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.24 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
ALURE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1S1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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