5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TESTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstə/

Noun

A seed coat.

“The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.”

Noun

The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

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 TESTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TESTA 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,685 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE SLUNK GENRE
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TESTA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TESTA ranks #7,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
20
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
290
253
158
118
101
99
85
72
60
54
46
45
44
38
36
35
31
30
29
28
26
21
21
18
14
14
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TESTA:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
11% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
COULD 5.57 bits
12.3% →
DROLE 5.28 bits
10.7% →
CAROL 5.28 bits
6.7% →
LARGE 4.69 bits
5.0% →
SLUNK 4.77 bits
4.3% →
GENRE 4.16 bits
4.2% →
SPIRE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
SCALP 4.44 bits
3.1% →
INGOT 4.72 bits
2.5% →
FAULT 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1S1T1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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