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TENOR

Yes, TENOR was the Wordle answer on September 7, 2025 (Wordle #1541).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnə(ɹ)/

Noun

A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

Noun

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

“He has a tenor voice.”

Alternative forms: tenour

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 7, 2025 (#1541).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TENOR performs as a guess

TENOR 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 88 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #216 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLIMY SLADE SAUCY SADLY SHALT CRAPE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.51 Entropy (bits)
88 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TENOR 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#216 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TENOR ranks #216 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,030
4 guesses
1,089
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
O T H E R
T E N O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TENOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
180
129
110
104
100
88
72
71
62
61
59
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47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TENOR:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLADE
5% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
SLIMY 5.70 bits
7.6% →
SLADE 5.45 bits
5.5% →
SAUCY 4.97 bits
4.7% →
SADLY 4.75 bits
4.4% →
SHALT 4.96 bits
4.2% →
CRAPE 4.65 bits
3.7% →
SCALE 5.00 bits
3.1% →
SLANG 4.78 bits
3.0% →
SADLY 3.75 bits
2.6% →
SCALE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1N1O1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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