5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TERTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 TERTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TERTS 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 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TE_TS T in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE DRAIN CADIE SNAIL PILOT
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TERTS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TERTS ranks #7,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
249
192
184
166
100
99
84
64
53
48
48
40
38
36
36
31
28
26
21
21
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20
19
19
18
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TERTS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
10.6% →
ANILE 5.56 bits
8.1% →
DRAIN 5.25 bits
7.8% →
CADIE 4.30 bits
7.0% →
SNAIL 5.12 bits
4.2% →
PILOT 4.79 bits
4.2% →
PLANE 4.63 bits
3.6% →
LIANE 4.48 bits
2.7% →
STAIN 4.33 bits
2.2% →
COALY 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1R1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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