5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TERNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɜːn//tɝn/

Adjective

Colourless, drab, dull.

Noun

An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.

Noun

Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).

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 TERNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TERNE 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 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,607 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY BROAD HOIST SAULT SONIC SOLAR
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERNE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,607 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERNE ranks #2,607 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
17
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:
ENRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
42%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
173
173
140
115
114
72
68
63
62
51
48
46
41
39
39
33
33
32
30
29
26
26
22
21
20
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERNE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
BROAD
7% chance
Suggested:
HOIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
7.3% →
BROAD 4.90 bits
7.3% →
HOIST 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SAULT 4.85 bits
4.9% →
SONIC 4.91 bits
4.8% →
SOLAR 4.03 bits
3.1% →
PLEAD 4.78 bits
2.9% →
SADLY 4.16 bits
2.7% →
SAUCY 4.73 bits
2.6% →
CRAPE 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1N1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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