5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TETRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.tɹə/

Noun

Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

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 TETRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TETRA 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,998 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 POISE SABLE CRONY
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TETRA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#7,998 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TETRA ranks #7,998 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
269
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
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
219
215
165
128
122
107
105
68
67
66
62
48
41
34
32
31
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20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TETRA:

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
7.0% →
POISE 4.52 bits
5.4% →
SABLE 4.52 bits
5.2% →
CRONY 4.58 bits
4.5% →
SNOUT 5.00 bits
4.5% →
BARON 4.27 bits
2.9% →
SARGE 3.55 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1T1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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