5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEMED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Abbreviation of tetramethylethylenediamine.

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 TEMED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEMED 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,933 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SAINT SORAL SOLAR COALY SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% 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 TEMED 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,933 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEMED ranks #7,933 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
12
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
33%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
258
256
127
112
98
76
75
72
67
49
42
32
31
30
29
27
25
23
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEMED:

25% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SALON 5.89 bits
10.9% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
10.9% →
SORAL 5.35 bits
5.4% →
SOLAR 4.44 bits
4.7% →
COALY 4.92 bits
4.2% →
SLART 5.04 bits
3.2% →
DANDY 4.69 bits
3.2% →
SONAR 4.68 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.71 bits
2.8% →
ALURE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1M3E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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