5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TEKKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative form of takya.

Alternative forms: tekye, tekyeh

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 TEKKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEKKE 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,489 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SAINT SORAL SOLAR CLARY SONAR
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEKKE 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,489 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEKKE ranks #14,489 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
545
4 guesses
1,333
5 guesses
411
6 guesses
37
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
33%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

770
297
259
244
104
84
83
81
52
47
36
32
28
28
28
21
20
18
17
16
12
9
8
7
7
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEKKE:

33% chance
Suggested:
SALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
SALON 5.75 bits
12.6% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
11.0% →
SORAL 4.92 bits
10.3% →
SOLAR 4.99 bits
4.4% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
3.6% →
SOLAR 4.70 bits
3.5% →
CLARY 4.56 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 4.67 bits
2.2% →
STAIR 4.05 bits
2.0% →
SHART 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1K5K5E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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