5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

TENET

TENET is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnɪt//ˈtɛnət/

Noun

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Alternative forms: tenant

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

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 TENET performs as a guess

TENET 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR CLARY SAUCY AROSE STAIR
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENET 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENET ranks #11,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
290
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
40%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
B E G E T
T E N E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TENET in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

640
282
177
134
123
104
81
72
63
58
51
36
35
33
33
32
23
23
21
20
18
18
17
16
16
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENET:

27% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
12% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
SORAL 5.86 bits
12.0% →
SORAL 5.29 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.82 bits
5.7% →
SOLAR 4.44 bits
5.2% →
SORAL 5.02 bits
4.4% →
SORAL 5.03 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 5.12 bits
3.1% →
SAUCY 4.27 bits
2.7% →
AROSE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
STAIR 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1E1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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