5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWINY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪni/

Adjective

Tending to twine; twisting around.

Adjective

Made of twine; having the appearance of twine.

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 TWINY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWINY 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,149 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

CARSE REAST SORAL CARLE SCALE RANCE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWINY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,149 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWINY ranks #7,149 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
36%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

635
260
176
146
144
106
70
63
62
60
53
36
34
31
28
28
27
26
25
21
19
19
18
17
17
14
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWINY:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
CARSE 6.27 bits
11.0% →
REAST 5.64 bits
7.5% →
SORAL 4.78 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 5.21 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 5.35 bits
4.5% →
SCALE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
RANCE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
FIRST 4.27 bits
2.6% →
PORAE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
SOARE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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