5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THENS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Then

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 THENS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THENS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,396 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE LAIRY AINEE ABORT PARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THENS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,396 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THENS ranks #2,396 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
18
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:
ENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
356
117
103
103
99
93
90
80
67
51
48
44
44
37
32
30
27
26
24
24
23
21
21
20
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19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THENS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
5% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
15.1% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 5.03 bits
4.4% →
LAIRY 4.89 bits
4.4% →
AINEE 4.53 bits
4.2% →
ABORT 4.98 bits
3.9% →
PARLE 4.81 bits
3.8% →
LEARE 4.81 bits
3.4% →
SORAL 4.59 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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