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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TEMPO

Yes, TEMPO was the Wordle answer on October 23, 2023 (Wordle #856).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pəʊ//ˈtɛm.poʊ/

Noun

A frequency or rate.

“10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up the tempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies.”

Noun

A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 23, 2023 (#856).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TEMPO performs as a guess

TEMPO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,297 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__P_ T in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL RAILE ACORN SAINT LEARE SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEMPO 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,297 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEMPO ranks #4,297 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S E T O N
T E M P O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TEMPO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
323
220
158
126
115
113
80
71
64
58
48
43
38
35
35
30
24
23
23
22
21
19
19
15
15
13
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEMPO:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SNAIL 5.91 bits
13.7% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
9.3% →
ACORN 5.22 bits
6.7% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
5.3% →
LEARE 4.53 bits
4.9% →
SLART 5.16 bits
4.8% →
SONAR 4.41 bits
3.4% →
ROOST 4.62 bits
3.0% →
SIREE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
PLAIN 5.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1M3P3O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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