5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

THERE

Yes, THERE was the Wordle answer on November 17, 2022 (Wordle #516).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ðə(ɹ)//ðɛə(ɹ)//ðɛː(ɹ)/

Adverb

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

“I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.”

Adverb

To or into a place or location; thither.

“I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?”

Interjection

Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.

“There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.”

Interjection

Used to express victory or completion.

“There! That knot should hold.”

Alternative forms: dar, der, dere, thur

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 17, 2022 (#516).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How THERE performs as a guess

THERE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,232 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

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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__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARSON SAINT ALOSE SOLAR LADEN
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THERE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,232 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THERE ranks #6,232 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
21
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B I R C H
T H E R E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THERE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
206
170
159
145
123
69
68
58
50
49
49
39
39
38
32
29
28
24
23
22
22
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THERE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
8.7% →
ARSON 4.86 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
6.7% →
ALOSE 4.71 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.07 bits
5.2% →
LADEN 5.39 bits
2.9% →
SAUCY 4.57 bits
2.9% →
GRAPE 3.62 bits
2.5% →
LEAST 4.34 bits
2.1% →
COAST 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1R1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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