5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TERSE

Yes, TERSE was the Wordle answer on June 19, 2024 (Wordle #1096).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɜːs//tɝːs/

Adjective

Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

Adjective

Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 19, 2024 (#1096).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TERSE performs as a guess

TERSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 130 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,397 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
130 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERSE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,397 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERSE ranks #3,397 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B I R C H
T E R S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TERSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
192
141
139
121
108
102
73
56
55
53
48
47
39
38
36
32
27
26
26
25
23
22
22
19
19
19
18
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERSE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN
6% chance
Suggested:
HABIT

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
6.0% →
HABIT 4.86 bits
5.9% →
SNAIL 5.06 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 4.67 bits
4.6% →
LAIDE 3.67 bits
4.3% →
ALIEN 5.29 bits
3.1% →
STAIN 4.18 bits
2.4% →
DRAPE 3.58 bits
2.3% →
COALY 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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