5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TEAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tiːmz/

Noun

plural of team

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of team

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 TEAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEAMS 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,577 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__M_ T in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY DROLE CAROL SHINY LARGE COURT
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEAMS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,577 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEAMS ranks #1,577 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
258
165
109
103
99
96
87
69
67
60
59
47
39
39
37
35
33
33
30
30
27
25
24
24
21
21
20
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEAMS:

12% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
CRONY 5.69 bits
10.9% →
DROLE 5.33 bits
7.0% →
CAROL 5.27 bits
4.6% →
SHINY 4.69 bits
4.4% →
LARGE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
COURT 4.80 bits
4.1% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
3.7% →
RENEW 4.28 bits
2.9% →
CRINE 4.21 bits
2.8% →
SHIRT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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