5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TEPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tepa

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 TEPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEPAS 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAIRN LARGE NORTH SHINY
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEPAS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEPAS ranks #911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
242
206
125
98
95
92
75
64
62
59
58
53
51
38
36
34
34
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEPAS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
10% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COULD 5.63 bits
10.3% →
DROLE 5.34 bits
8.7% →
CAIRN 5.20 bits
5.3% →
LARGE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
NORTH 4.89 bits
4.0% →
SHINY 4.69 bits
3.9% →
GENRE 4.21 bits
3.2% →
SHIRE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
SHIRT 4.35 bits
2.6% →
SHALY 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1P3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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