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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

THIRD

Yes, THIRD was the Wordle answer on December 20, 2022 (Wordle #549).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɜːd//θɚd//θɪɹd/

Adjective

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

“The third tree from the left is my favorite.”

Noun

The person or thing in the third position.

“Jones came in third.”

Noun

One of three equal parts of a whole.

“He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.”

Verb

To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

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 20, 2022 (#549).

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

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How THIRD performs as a guess

THIRD 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,202 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE CANOE SALET AISLE ALONE CLAME
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THIRD 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,202 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THIRD ranks #1,202 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
10
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:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
T H I R D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THIRD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THIRD:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SLANE 6.22 bits
12.4% →
CANOE 5.32 bits
8.0% →
SALET 5.74 bits
5.5% →
AISLE 4.92 bits
3.6% →
SLANE 5.25 bits
3.5% →
ALONE 4.88 bits
3.4% →
CLAME 4.88 bits
2.8% →
CAUSE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
MEALY 4.79 bits
2.4% →
RISEN 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4I1R1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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