5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

TYING

TYING is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/

Noun

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

Noun

The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Verb

present participle and gerund of tie

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

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 TYING performs as a guess

TYING is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,364 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _Y__G Y in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

CARSE REAST SORAL SOARE SARED CARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TYING 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,364 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TYING ranks #5,364 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
23%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T Y I N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TYING in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

603
259
181
147
131
106
100
69
60
57
50
42
37
29
28
28
26
25
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TYING:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
CARSE 6.28 bits
11.0% →
REAST 5.62 bits
7.7% →
SORAL 4.97 bits
6.2% →
SOARE 5.34 bits
5.6% →
SARED 5.06 bits
4.5% →
CARLE 4.94 bits
4.2% →
ALURE 5.35 bits
2.9% →
PORAE 5.11 bits
2.5% →
CANER 4.60 bits
2.4% →
RATIO 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1Y4I1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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