5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of tew

Adjective

fatigued; worn from labour or hardship

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 TEWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEWED 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,376 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SORAL SAINT SOLAR SLART CLARY
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEWED 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,376 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEWED ranks #10,376 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
15
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
32%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
279
266
124
96
77
75
74
64
64
49
37
33
30
29
24
24
24
21
20
19
15
15
14
13
12
11
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEWED:

28% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
11.8% →
SORAL 5.28 bits
11.3% →
SAINT 5.37 bits
5.3% →
SOLAR 4.38 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.99 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.76 bits
3.2% →
DAILY 4.81 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.67 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 4.40 bits
2.7% →
SONAR 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1W4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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