5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEREK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A river that flows in Georgia and Russia.

Noun

A Terek sandpiper.

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 TEREK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEREK 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__K E in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SALON HOIST ALOSE BROAD SOILY CRAPE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEREK 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEREK ranks #7,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
220
216
206
101
89
80
66
65
56
55
53
47
35
35
33
31
25
25
22
21
21
20
19
19
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEREK:

21% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SALON 5.78 bits
9.3% →
HOIST 5.31 bits
9.2% →
ALOSE 5.26 bits
8.7% →
BROAD 5.01 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 3.65 bits
3.8% →
CRAPE 4.32 bits
3.4% →
SCALE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
ALIEN 4.46 bits
2.8% →
SAUCY 4.74 bits
2.4% →
COALY 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1E1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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