5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THEBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.

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 THEBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THEBE 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,637 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__B_ T in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR SAINT SORAL SAUCY ROAST
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THEBE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,637 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THEBE ranks #10,637 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
20
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)
73%
Green tile
34%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

631
243
214
204
90
90
74
64
55
53
47
47
44
36
35
32
28
27
27
22
22
19
16
15
13
13
12
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THEBE:

27% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
SALON 5.78 bits
10.3% →
SOLAR 4.99 bits
9.1% →
SAINT 5.49 bits
8.7% →
SORAL 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SOLAR 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SAUCY 4.81 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.36 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.61 bits
2.3% →
CLARY 4.27 bits
2.2% →
COAST 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1B3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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