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

THROB

Yes, THROB was the Wordle answer on September 12, 2025 (Wordle #1546).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹɒb//θɹɑb//θɹɔb/

Verb

To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

“Her heart began to throb faster as the moment approached.”

Verb

To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

“I have a throbbing headache.”

Noun

A beating, vibration or palpitation.

“He could feel a dull throb in his head from the tension.”

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: September 12, 2025 (#1546).

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

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How THROB performs as a guess

THROB 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,497 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__B H in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE ARIEL SLANE CLONE ALINE SALUE
Words starting with T Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THROB 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THROB ranks #3,497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
12
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
T H R O B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THROB in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
272
205
179
103
81
71
69
68
58
58
44
44
44
40
37
31
27
23
22
20
20
18
17
14
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THROB:

22% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
LIANE 6.17 bits
11.5% →
ARIEL 5.12 bits
8.7% →
SLANE 5.82 bits
7.6% →
SLANE 5.19 bits
4.4% →
CLONE 4.23 bits
3.4% →
ALINE 5.30 bits
3.0% →
SALUE 4.90 bits
2.9% →
SAUCE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
SEARE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SLAKE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1O1B3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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