5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

THETA

THETA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

Open Solver with THETA Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈθiːtə//ˈθeɪtə/[ˈθeɪɾə]

Noun

The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.

Noun

The measure of an angle.

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

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 THETA performs as a guess

THETA 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,292 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY RIONE SALON LARGE SNORT SLANT
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THETA 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#11,292 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THETA ranks #11,292 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
30
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E L T A
T H E T A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THETA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
390
297
204
100
81
68
63
60
39
36
33
33
32
26
26
25
24
23
23
22
21
20
20
19
18
16
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THETA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
17% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
16.5% →
RIONE 5.30 bits
12.6% →
SALON 5.13 bits
8.7% →
LARGE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
SNORT 4.86 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.51 bits
2.9% →
SNEER 4.30 bits
2.7% →
PLUSH 4.34 bits
2.5% →
RESET 4.58 bits
1.7% →
MOILE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4E1T1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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