5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TENNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Numeral

Obsolete spelling of ten.

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 TENNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TENNE 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL ROAST SOLAR ARSON SOILY CLARY
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENNE 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENNE ranks #12,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
31
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
42%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

640
244
219
197
88
85
81
70
68
61
51
45
45
36
28
26
26
23
22
22
21
21
19
19
17
15
14
13
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENNE:

27% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
SORAL 5.86 bits
10.3% →
ROAST 5.35 bits
9.3% →
SORAL 4.91 bits
8.4% →
SOLAR 5.02 bits
3.7% →
ARSON 5.09 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 4.16 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 5.12 bits
3.0% →
SOLAR 4.68 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.48 bits
2.6% →
COALY 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1N1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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