Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

THRID

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

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹɪd/

Verb

simple past of thread

Verb

To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

Noun

A thread.

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 THRID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THRID 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 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 #952 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.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THRID 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#952 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THRID ranks #952 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
9
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
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
267
189
161
86
85
82
79
78
57
54
52
49
37
36
35
33
29
23
22
21
20
20
16
15
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THRID:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
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
11.3%
ALOSE 5.14 bits
8.0%
SALET 5.74 bits
6.8%
SLANE 5.48 bits
3.6%
CAUSE 4.88 bits
3.6%
SPINE 4.42 bits
3.5%
ALONE 4.88 bits
3.4%
CLAME 4.88 bits
3.3%
SOARE 4.84 bits
2.4%
SLANE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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