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

THESE

Yes, THESE was the Wordle answer on December 12, 2023 (Wordle #906).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ðiːz//ðiz/

Determiner

plural of this

Pronoun

plural of this

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: December 12, 2023 (#906).

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

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How THESE performs as a guess

THESE 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAINY GLARE SLAIN FAINT MORPH
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THESE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THESE ranks #7,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
17
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H I L Y
T H E S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THESE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
249
173
148
138
78
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67
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50
41
39
36
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32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THESE:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINY
7% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
CAROL 5.83 bits
10.6% →
RAINY 4.98 bits
7.3% →
GLARE 4.48 bits
6.3% →
SLAIN 5.00 bits
5.9% →
FAINT 5.01 bits
3.3% →
RAINY 4.27 bits
3.0% →
MORPH 4.68 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.36 bits
2.5% →
RAINY 4.61 bits
2.1% →
BIRTH 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1S1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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