5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THORO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Nonstandard spelling of thorough.

Alternative forms: thorough

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 THORO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THORO 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,662 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE LAIDE SLANE SORER SALUE SAICE
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THORO 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
0.73 Volatility
#7,662 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THORO ranks #7,662 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
334
225
148
83
78
69
59
58
55
48
44
44
40
38
31
25
22
21
19
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THORO:

25% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
14% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
ANILE 6.19 bits
14.2% →
LAIDE 5.24 bits
9.5% →
SLANE 5.82 bits
6.3% →
ANILE 4.88 bits
3.5% →
SORER 4.22 bits
3.3% →
SALUE 4.83 bits
2.9% →
SAICE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
SLAKE 4.91 bits
2.5% →
SEAMY 4.66 bits
2.3% →
SLANE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4O1R1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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