5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TWILL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twɪl/[twɪɫ]

Noun

A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.

Noun

A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.

Verb

To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

Alternative forms: tweel

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 TWILL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWILL 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 314 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,369 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE RINSE CRANE FIRST DRONE RANCE
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
314 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWILL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWILL ranks #10,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
313
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

732
280
209
180
123
86
79
70
59
49
46
37
37
31
23
22
21
18
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWILL:

31% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SOARE 6.17 bits
11.9% →
SOARE 5.72 bits
8.9% →
SOARE 5.39 bits
7.6% →
RINSE 5.27 bits
5.2% →
CRANE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
SOARE 5.08 bits
3.4% →
FIRST 4.12 bits
3.0% →
DRONE 4.96 bits
2.5% →
RANCE 4.74 bits
2.1% →
SAYNE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1L1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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