5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TERES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəs//ˈtiːɹiːs/

Noun

A terete muscle.

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 TERES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TERES 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TE_ES T in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DRAIN SNAIL ALINE HABIT LAIDE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERES 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERES ranks #4,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
16
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:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
192
166
161
141
92
87
78
72
62
55
53
47
45
39
36
36
32
26
25
24
23
22
20
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
DRAIN 5.25 bits
7.0% →
SNAIL 5.12 bits
6.8% →
ALINE 5.41 bits
6.0% →
HABIT 4.86 bits
3.9% →
LAIDE 3.47 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 4.51 bits
3.3% →
SPALE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
DRAPE 4.13 bits
2.6% →
LADEN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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