5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWILT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A quilt.

Verb

To cross-stitch in quincunx fashion so as to connect two thicknesses together.

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 TWILT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWILT 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 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,888 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__T W in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE RINSE CRANE URASE SALUE DRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWILT 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,888 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWILT ranks #9,888 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
18
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
32%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

732
278
180
148
123
112
80
70
65
63
40
34
33
32
27
23
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWILT:

31% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SOARE 6.17 bits
11.8% →
SOARE 5.33 bits
7.6% →
RINSE 5.27 bits
6.3% →
SOARE 5.47 bits
5.2% →
CRANE 5.14 bits
4.7% →
URASE 5.35 bits
3.4% →
SALUE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
DRONE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
PORAE 5.08 bits
2.7% →
DIANE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1L1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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