5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TWANG

Yes, TWANG was the Wordle answer on August 18, 2022 (Wordle #425).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtwæŋ/[ˈtʰwæŋ]/ˈtweɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.

Noun

A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.

Verb

To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.

Verb

To have a nasal sound.

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: August 18, 2022 (#425).

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

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How TWANG performs as a guess

TWANG 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___G T in the 1st position and G in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _W__G W in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CARLE SHIER SLICE SILER ROULE
Words starting with T Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWANG 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWANG ranks #4,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
10
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:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
C H A N T
T W A N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TWANG in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
270
225
139
137
103
100
77
64
58
58
53
40
33
29
26
24
21
20
20
20
17
16
16
14
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWANG:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
11.5% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
9.5% →
SHIER 5.43 bits
5.9% →
SLICE 5.15 bits
5.8% →
SILER 5.10 bits
4.4% →
CARLE 4.72 bits
4.2% →
ROULE 5.41 bits
3.3% →
LANCE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
SHORE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
ROUSE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4A1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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