5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THEIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who drinks excessive amounts of tea.

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 THEIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THEIC 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___C T in the 1st position and C in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

SALON LAREE SONLY SAURY RINSE CLOAK
Words starting with T Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THEIC 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THEIC ranks #4,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
370
137
130
124
106
103
71
67
58
57
56
39
34
28
27
27
25
25
21
21
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THEIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
SALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SALON 5.87 bits
15.7% →
LAREE 5.48 bits
5.8% →
SONLY 4.99 bits
5.5% →
SAURY 5.33 bits
5.3% →
RINSE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
CLOAK 5.15 bits
4.4% →
SEARE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 5.07 bits
2.8% →
SARED 4.45 bits
2.5% →
DRAIN 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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