5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TENNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of tenné.

Noun

singular of tennies

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 TENNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TENNY 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,535 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE CAROL ROAST SOLAR SLART ARSON
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENNY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENNY ranks #11,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
29
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:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
434
202
190
137
98
79
73
69
54
43
43
40
38
35
32
28
25
23
18
17
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENNY:

19% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
ARISE 5.33 bits
18.4% →
CAROL 6.13 bits
8.6% →
ROAST 5.39 bits
8.1% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
5.8% →
SLART 5.13 bits
4.2% →
SOLAR 4.62 bits
3.4% →
ARSON 5.02 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.51 bits
2.9% →
SOLAR 3.87 bits
2.3% →
TRAIT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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