5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TELLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛli/

Noun

Television.

“Not much on telly tonight, as usual!”

Noun

A television set.

“We've got a new flat-screen telly.”

Adjective

Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).

Alternative forms: 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 TELLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELLY 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,071 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE CAIRN ROAST SONAR SLAIN SAREE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELLY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,071 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELLY ranks #11,071 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
30
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
406
209
165
162
121
107
91
61
43
39
36
30
29
28
26
25
24
22
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELLY:

17% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
17% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
ARISE 5.41 bits
17.2% →
CAIRN 6.05 bits
8.9% →
ROAST 5.36 bits
7.0% →
SONAR 4.54 bits
6.9% →
SLAIN 5.03 bits
5.1% →
SAREE 4.96 bits
4.5% →
AINEE 4.37 bits
3.9% →
RANSE 4.68 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.49 bits
1.8% →
MAIRE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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