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THROW

Yes, THROW was the Wordle answer on November 24, 2023 (Wordle #888).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹəʊ/[θɾ̪̊əʊ]/θɹoʊ/

Verb

To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

“throw a shoe; throw a javelin”

Verb

To eject or cause to fall off.

“the horse threw its rider”

Noun

The act of throwing something.

“With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.”

Noun

A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.

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: November 24, 2023 (#888).

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

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How THROW performs as a guess

THROW 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,765 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 4th position _H__W H in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE LAIDE SLANE GRADE SAUCE PLACE
Words starting with T Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THROW 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,765 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THROW ranks #5,765 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
13
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)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THROW in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
289
215
187
93
73
69
68
64
47
45
43
37
35
32
30
28
24
23
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22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THROW:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
ALINE 6.20 bits
12.3% →
LAIDE 5.25 bits
9.1% →
SLANE 5.83 bits
7.9% →
SLANE 5.23 bits
3.9% →
GRADE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
SAUCE 4.86 bits
2.9% →
PLACE 4.87 bits
2.9% →
SEARE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
SAUNT 4.39 bits
2.0% →
SLAKE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1O1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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