5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TELLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɛlz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tell

Noun

plural of tell

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 TELLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELLS 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 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY IRADE SNARY HABIT CLAIM SPAER
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELLS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELLS ranks #8,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
314
150
149
136
124
103
96
93
78
66
46
41
36
35
34
30
27
27
24
21
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELLS:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
13% chance
Suggested:
IRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
SNARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
ROANY 5.76 bits
13.3% →
IRADE 5.11 bits
6.4% →
SNARY 4.88 bits
6.3% →
HABIT 4.86 bits
5.8% →
CLAIM 4.89 bits
5.3% →
SPAER 4.80 bits
4.4% →
STAIR 4.50 bits
4.1% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
ARENE 4.41 bits
3.3% →
RANEE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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