5-letter words with T as the 1st letter and O as the 2nd letter

The opening letters TO lead to familiar options such as today, total, touch, and tower, but most of the 141 entries are less common. Only 27 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins has all 141, compared with 107 in NWL2023 and 98 in ENABLE.

At a glance: the T-O pattern

• The pattern contains 141 five-letter words in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Exactly 21 matching words appear as Wordle answers, and all 21 are in tournament dictionaries.
• Only 27 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Words ending in S are the largest ending group, with 52 matches.
• TOWZY leads the highest-scoring examples at 20 points.

Which T-O words fit Wordle?

The pattern includes 21 Wordle answers, so it is a focused pool when your first two tiles are T and O. Familiar examples such as today, total, touch, and towel are easier to recognize than many of the less common entries.

A green T and O narrow the search, but they do not identify the answer by themselves. The list has 141 allowed guesses, while only 21 are answers; treat those counts as different pools. With 27 common words overall, many valid matches are unlikely to be everyday guesses.

5-letter words with T first and O second: scores and endings

TOWZY scores 20 points, ahead of TOUZY and TOWZE at 17 each. TOPAZ scores 16, while TOXIC and TOQUE each score 14. The highest scorers lean on unusual letters, so a familiar word such as TOUGH is not the scoring leader.

The ending pattern is lopsided: 52 words end in S, but only 18 end in E and 17 in Y. For a quick shortlist, start with common choices such as tools, tones, or towns when the final tile is S. The 141 matches use Collins coverage; not all are accepted in every game, so check your game's word list.