5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TECHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tech

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tech

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 TECHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TECHS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,320 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__H_ T in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DAILY RAILE SLAIN FAINT LEARE CAIRN
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TECHS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TECHS ranks #5,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
351
130
122
108
103
103
88
71
58
51
50
49
48
40
33
33
32
30
24
23
21
19
19
19
18
18
18
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TECHS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
DAILY 5.68 bits
14.9% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
SLAIN 5.00 bits
5.2% →
FAINT 5.00 bits
4.6% →
LEARE 4.69 bits
4.4% →
CAIRN 5.22 bits
4.4% →
PAIRE 5.01 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 4.55 bits
3.0% →
ARENE 4.85 bits
2.5% →
ARENE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1C3H4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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