5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

TERRA

TERRA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹə/

Noun

Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.

Noun

A continent or large landmass, especially on another planet or moon; e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.

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

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 TERRA performs as a guess

TERRA 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOISE SONLY HOIST SABLE POISE
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERRA 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERRA ranks #7,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
257
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
T E R R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TERRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
219
215
135
128
126
90
89
75
71
66
57
48
31
29
28
28
26
25
24
24
22
21
21
21
20
19
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16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERRA:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
9.3% →
NOISE 5.24 bits
9.1% →
SONLY 5.19 bits
5.7% →
HOIST 5.20 bits
5.4% →
SABLE 4.52 bits
5.3% →
POISE 4.35 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.44 bits
3.8% →
PRONG 4.30 bits
3.2% →
GROAN 3.90 bits
3.0% →
SLICE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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