5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TELES

TELES 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 tele

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 TELES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELES 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,925 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TE_ES T in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY CAROL IRADE SNARY HABIT RAINY
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,925 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELES ranks #5,925 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
185
169
150
149
111
103
85
73
66
63
53
46
45
40
37
36
30
26
24
23
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22
21
20
19
16
15
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELES:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
7% chance
Suggested:
IRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
ROANY 5.76 bits
7.8% →
CAROL 4.87 bits
7.2% →
IRADE 4.95 bits
6.4% →
SNARY 4.88 bits
6.3% →
HABIT 4.86 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
4.4% →
STAIR 4.50 bits
3.6% →
SPARE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
ANGLE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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