5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TENON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.ən/

Noun

A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.

Verb

To make into a tenon.

“First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.”

Verb

To fit with tenons.

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 TENON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TENON 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 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,160 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SCALY ARISE CLARY SHIRT LEARE SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENON 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,160 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENON ranks #9,160 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
27
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

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
351
175
150
123
119
117
78
77
61
53
47
44
42
41
38
34
24
23
22
21
21
20
17
17
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENON:

17% chance
Suggested:
SCALY
15% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

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
7.4% →
CLARY 5.11 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.23 bits
5.2% →
LEARE 4.72 bits
5.0% →
SLART 5.14 bits
5.0% →
DORSE 4.44 bits
3.3% →
SLANG 4.65 bits
3.3% →
ROOST 4.55 bits
2.6% →
PALER 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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