5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEMPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɛmpt//tɛmt/

Verb

To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

“She tempted me to eat the apple.”

Verb

To attract; to allure.

“Its glossy skin tempted me.”

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 TEMPT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEMPT 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,405 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__P_ T in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR LEARE SONAR SORAL SIREE
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEMPT 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,405 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEMPT ranks #10,405 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
22
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
439
135
117
111
98
95
90
79
58
56
53
32
28
23
21
19
18
17
17
16
15
13
12
12
11
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEMPT:

26% chance
Suggested:
SALON
19% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
6% chance
Suggested:
LEARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
SALON 5.78 bits
18.6% →
SOLAR 5.31 bits
5.7% →
LEARE 4.46 bits
5.0% →
SONAR 5.04 bits
4.7% →
SONAR 4.96 bits
4.2% →
SORAL 4.99 bits
4.0% →
SONAR 4.97 bits
3.8% →
SIREE 4.96 bits
3.4% →
SOLAR 4.69 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1M3P3T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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