5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TEATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of teat

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 TEATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEATS 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,603 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TE_TS T in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE SLINK SPIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEATS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEATS ranks #6,603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
33%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
290
211
125
123
104
101
80
72
56
49
49
45
44
39
35
32
31
28
28
27
27
23
21
21
21
20
19
17
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEATS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
COULD 5.57 bits
12.3% →
DROLE 5.28 bits
8.9% →
CAROL 5.27 bits
5.3% →
LARGE 4.65 bits
5.2% →
SLINK 4.75 bits
4.4% →
SPIRE 4.77 bits
4.3% →
GENRE 4.16 bits
3.4% →
CRINE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
INGOT 4.72 bits
2.4% →
STRIP 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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