5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TEARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɪɹz//tɪəz//tiːɹz/

Noun

plural of tear (“liquid from the eyes”)

Noun

Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tear

Interjection

Ellipsis of in tears (“laughing; in disbelief”)

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 TEARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEARS 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 77 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #172 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD MOILE DRONE CANAL CRONY SLINK
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.72 Entropy (bits)
77 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEARS 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#172 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEARS ranks #172 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
1,043
4 guesses
1,065
5 guesses
145
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
150
132
129
101
95
80
78
66
65
56
55
54
43
40
38
38
38
33
30
30
30
27
22
22
21
20
20
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEARS:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
6% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
6.4% →
MOILE 5.14 bits
5.6% →
DRONE 4.21 bits
5.5% →
CANAL 4.99 bits
4.3% →
CRONY 4.59 bits
4.0% →
SLINK 4.80 bits
3.4% →
COUNT 4.72 bits
3.3% →
ANGLE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
SPILE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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