5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THARM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An intestine; an entrail; gut.

Alternative forms: thairm, therm

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 THARM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THARM 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___M T in the 1st position and M in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__M H in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE NOISE PANEL SIENT PALER SALET
Words starting with T Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THARM 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THARM ranks #1,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
276
206
154
110
80
74
73
60
54
47
45
44
42
40
35
29
28
28
25
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THARM:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
12% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
PANEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SIDLE 6.03 bits
11.7% →
NOISE 5.11 bits
8.7% →
PANEL 5.17 bits
6.5% →
SIENT 5.39 bits
4.7% →
PALER 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SALET 4.80 bits
3.1% →
MOILE 5.02 bits
3.1% →
SLICE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
SOUCE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
SOUCE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1R1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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