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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).

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How THERE performs as a guess

THERE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 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 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,232 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in THERE.

First-turn measures

All four describe THERE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.88 Entropy (bits)
169 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#6,232 Rank among openers
Opening with THERE left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It 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 (3.46 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

THERE can come back 107 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

483 answers
207 answers
171 answers
159 answers
146 answers
125 answers
70 answers
68 answers
59 answers
50 answers
49 answers
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40 answers
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24 answers
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22 answers
19 answers
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17 answers
16 answers
12 answers

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.

Try next

SLAIN ARSON SAINT ALOSE SOLAR LADEN

Strategy after playing THERE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to THERE.

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 5.94 bits
8.7% →
ARSON 4.88 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
6.7% →
ALOSE 4.71 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.07 bits
5.3% →
LADEN 5.38 bits
2.9% →
PLUSH 4.56 bits
2.9% →
GRAPE 3.62 bits
2.5% →
LEAST 4.35 bits
2.1% →
COAST 4.00 bits

Research on THERE

Game-tree analysis and word research for THERE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with THERE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,808 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.86 guesses at best and is rank #3,019 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it THEHR.

Rhymes with THEIR WHERE SHARE AWARE CHAIR

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, THERE is a kind of location.

Opposites here

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
THERE sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 2,042 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (2.8 of 5).

In a sentence

I was there, and you?
© tatoeba.org contributor maaster (CC BY 2.0 FR)
I have to be there.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).