5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THEOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 THEOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THEOR 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,032 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN LAIDE SADLY PEASE CAIRN SAINT
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THEOR 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
0.72 Volatility
#2,032 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THEOR ranks #2,032 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
19
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:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
236
130
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126
107
88
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76
72
52
49
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THEOR:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
SADLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SLAIN 5.89 bits
10.0% →
LAIDE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
SADLY 4.82 bits
5.5% →
PEASE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
CAIRN 4.75 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 5.48 bits
3.7% →
LAIDE 3.54 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 4.87 bits
3.2% →
SONDE 4.20 bits
3.1% →
ACORN 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1O1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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