5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with THARS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of thar

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 THARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THARS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #675 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE DRIER CLONE SPINE BALER INLET
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THARS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#675 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THARS ranks #675 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,038
4 guesses
1,064
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
11
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
253
205
135
110
97
75
63
57
54
49
45
43
43
35
33
27
26
26
26
26
26
24
20
19
19
19
18
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THARS:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
DRIER
9% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
MOILE 5.95 bits
10.7% →
DRIER 5.09 bits
8.7% →
CLONE 5.25 bits
5.7% →
SPINE 5.35 bits
4.7% →
BALER 4.55 bits
4.1% →
INLET 4.98 bits
3.2% →
SPINE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
PALET 4.51 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
CLINE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4A1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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