5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

THROE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹəʊ//θɹoʊ/

Noun

A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

Noun

Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.

Verb

To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.

Verb

To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Alternative forms: 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

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 THROE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THROE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,171 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.

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 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN AIDER SADLY ALIEN DRAIN SAINT
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THROE 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
0.73 Volatility
#1,171 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THROE ranks #1,171 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
98
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
37%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

132 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
157
150
138
130
107
107
85
64
54
50
49
49
42
35
35
33
31
31
30
30
29
29
24
23
22
22
21
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THROE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
AIDER
6% chance
Suggested:
SADLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SLAIN 5.89 bits
6.7% →
AIDER 4.24 bits
6.4% →
SADLY 4.68 bits
5.9% →
ALIEN 5.31 bits
5.5% →
SADLY 4.82 bits
4.5% →
DRAIN 4.95 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 5.48 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.94 bits
2.7% →
ACORN 4.43 bits
2.3% →
CRAPE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1O1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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