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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TECTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tectum

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 TECTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TECTA 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,850 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY RIONE SALON SARGE CHOIR SNORT
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TECTA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,850 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TECTA ranks #8,850 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
329
264
176
113
105
101
78
76
64
62
43
38
36
32
30
29
27
25
23
21
18
17
17
15
14
14
13
13
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TECTA:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
14.0% →
RIONE 5.26 bits
11.2% →
SALON 5.18 bits
7.5% →
SARGE 4.54 bits
4.8% →
CHOIR 5.07 bits
4.5% →
SNORT 4.89 bits
4.3% →
SIREN 4.41 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.40 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.51 bits
2.7% →
SLEER 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1C3T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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