5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TELOI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of telos

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 TELOI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TELOI 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 91.1% of games, misses completely in 8.9%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___I T in the 1st position and I in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SNARY CARSE CRONY CORSE RINSE SCALP
Words starting with T Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TELOI 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TELOI ranks #2,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EILOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
25%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

209
203
137
134
112
111
102
93
91
85
81
72
68
60
54
54
35
34
31
31
27
26
25
25
23
22
21
21
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TELOI:

9% chance
Suggested:
SNARY
9% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
SNARY 5.50 bits
8.6% →
CARSE 5.40 bits
5.8% →
CRONY 4.94 bits
5.7% →
SNARY 4.89 bits
4.7% →
CORSE 4.50 bits
4.7% →
RINSE 4.79 bits
4.3% →
SCALP 4.77 bits
3.9% →
SCRAE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
PARLE 4.23 bits
3.6% →
CRUST 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1L1O1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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