5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TERRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹi/

Noun

A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.

Noun

A terrorist

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 TERRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TERRY 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,782 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE SAINT SADLY AINEE ARSON
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERRY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,782 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERRY ranks #9,782 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
323
192
180
175
144
115
79
45
37
37
35
33
32
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28
25
23
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERRY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SLAIN 6.15 bits
13.7% →
SLANE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
SAINT 5.38 bits
7.6% →
SADLY 4.27 bits
7.4% →
AINEE 4.32 bits
6.1% →
ARSON 4.66 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
3.3% →
LIANE 4.46 bits
1.9% →
COAST 3.92 bits
1.6% →
CAROM 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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