5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TEWIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.

Alternative forms: teuchat, teuchit, tewhit, tuchet

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 TEWIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEWIT 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,826 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR SONLY RINSE CARLE SONAR
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEWIT 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,826 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEWIT ranks #11,826 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
29
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
31%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
411
175
144
139
93
88
81
71
60
49
40
38
33
31
24
23
20
18
16
15
13
13
11
11
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEWIT:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
CAROL 5.89 bits
17.4% →
SOLAR 5.42 bits
7.4% →
SONLY 4.84 bits
6.1% →
RINSE 4.71 bits
5.9% →
CARLE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
SONAR 4.91 bits
3.7% →
CARLE 4.33 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 4.90 bits
3.0% →
SOLAR 4.69 bits
2.5% →
DRAWL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1W4I1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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