5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THESP

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An actor.

Verb

To act (perform in a play etc.).

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 THESP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THESP 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,738 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___P T in the 1st position and P in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE FAINT SNAIL LEARE PARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THESP 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
0.69 Volatility
#2,738 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THESP ranks #2,738 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
13
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
409
117
112
96
68
63
61
59
58
53
51
47
32
32
31
31
30
26
23
21
21
20
20
19
19
18
18
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THESP:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
5% chance
Suggested:
FAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
CAROL 5.91 bits
17.3% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
FAINT 5.04 bits
4.7% →
SNAIL 5.03 bits
4.1% →
LEARE 4.87 bits
2.9% →
PARLE 4.86 bits
2.7% →
RAINY 4.28 bits
2.6% →
RAINE 4.63 bits
2.5% →
CREED 4.37 bits
2.5% →
LAIRY 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1S1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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