5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEMSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɛms//tɛmz/

Verb

To sift.

Noun

A sieve.

Alternative forms: tems, tempse

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 TEMSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEMSE 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,831 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAINY LOATH GRACE SALON MACRO
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEMSE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEMSE ranks #6,831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
15
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
190
174
162
153
90
87
84
72
56
56
47
39
34
34
32
29
27
24
24
23
23
23
22
19
19
18
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17
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEMSE:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY
7% chance
Suggested:
LOATH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
8.1% →
RAINY 4.80 bits
7.4% →
LOATH 4.76 bits
6.9% →
GRACE 4.51 bits
6.5% →
SALON 5.02 bits
3.8% →
MACRO 5.01 bits
3.7% →
STAIN 4.28 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 5.00 bits
3.1% →
RAINY 4.78 bits
2.4% →
SLASH 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1M3S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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