5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TELAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tela

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 TELAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELAE 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,609 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY CAIRN HOIST CLOUD RISEN GRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELAE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,609 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELAE ranks #5,609 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
225
157
133
132
124
89
83
81
48
44
43
41
38
33
33
33
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25
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24
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELAE:

14% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
7% chance
Suggested:
HOIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
IRONY 5.51 bits
9.5% →
CAIRN 5.18 bits
6.7% →
HOIST 5.22 bits
5.6% →
CLOUD 4.67 bits
5.6% →
RISEN 4.68 bits
5.3% →
GRONE 4.57 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
3.5% →
SLAIN 4.15 bits
3.4% →
GRISE 3.80 bits
2.0% →
SIDER 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1A1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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