5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TELEX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɛl.ɛks/

Noun

A network of teletypes.

Noun

A teletype message sent through such a network.

Verb

To send a message over a telex network.

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 TELEX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELEX 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,725 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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 4th position _E__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR ARISE ROAST SLAIN BLASE RAISE
Words starting with T Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELEX 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,725 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELEX ranks #12,725 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
29
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

578
256
250
244
129
93
80
73
71
58
48
42
37
36
30
25
24
24
21
19
14
14
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELEX:

25% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
11% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
SONAR 5.71 bits
10.9% →
ARISE 5.25 bits
10.6% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
10.3% →
SLAIN 4.95 bits
5.5% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
3.9% →
BLASE 4.49 bits
3.4% →
RAISE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
3.0% →
RAINY 4.47 bits
2.5% →
SOILY 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1E1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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