5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 TWALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWALS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,397 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARNE NOIRE GOIER ROUET RENAL
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWALS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,397 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWALS ranks #2,397 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
218
168
157
156
99
95
77
67
66
57
52
50
45
44
34
29
28
28
27
26
25
25
18
17
15
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWALS:

19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
7% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
RIONE 6.10 bits
9.2% →
CARNE 5.37 bits
7.1% →
NOIRE 5.44 bits
6.7% →
GOIER 5.05 bits
6.6% →
ROUET 5.40 bits
4.2% →
RENAL 4.73 bits
4.0% →
ROUET 4.83 bits
3.3% →
DRICE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
IRONE 4.91 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4A1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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