5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TENNO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnəʊ/

Noun

The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.

Alternative forms: Tennou, ten'no

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 TENNO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TENNO 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,842 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SCALY ARISE COLOR SHIRT LEARE SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENNO 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,842 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENNO ranks #9,842 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
262
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
351
212
150
123
119
115
86
59
57
47
44
44
44
41
38
30
25
24
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22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENNO:

17% chance
Suggested:
SCALY
15% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
9% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SCALY 5.66 bits
14.9% →
ARISE 5.33 bits
9.0% →
COLOR 5.07 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.23 bits
5.2% →
LEARE 4.72 bits
5.0% →
SLART 5.14 bits
4.9% →
WORSE 4.37 bits
3.6% →
ROOST 4.65 bits
2.5% →
ARIEL 4.55 bits
2.4% →
SLANG 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1N1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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