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

THREW

Yes, THREW was the Wordle answer on January 10, 2024 (Wordle #935).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹuː//θɹʉw//θɹu/

Verb

simple past of throw

Verb

past participle of throw

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: January 10, 2024 (#935).

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

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How THREW performs as a guess

THREW 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,814 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__W H in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE BROAD SAINT DRAPE LAIDE
Words starting with T Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THREW 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,814 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THREW ranks #4,814 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
18
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
T H R E W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THREW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
281
175
165
125
114
103
71
63
50
49
45
40
35
33
30
28
28
27
24
24
23
18
17
16
14
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THREW:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
BROAD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
11.9% →
SLANE 5.38 bits
7.4% →
BROAD 5.04 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.50 bits
5.3% →
DRAPE 4.63 bits
4.8% →
LAIDE 3.50 bits
4.4% →
SLATE 5.02 bits
3.0% →
ALIEN 4.37 bits
2.7% →
PLUSH 4.51 bits
2.1% →
SAINT 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1E1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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