5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

THUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of thud

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 THUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THUDS 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__D_ T in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PAIRE RAILE MARLE CARLE NOIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THUDS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THUDS ranks #4,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
10
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
22%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
221
172
169
125
114
74
72
56
41
41
40
39
38
31
28
28
24
21
21
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14
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11
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THUDS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
ARIEL 6.10 bits
9.4% →
PAIRE 5.58 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.76 bits
7.2% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 4.94 bits
4.8% →
MARLE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.16 bits
3.1% →
NOIRE 5.02 bits
2.4% →
CARET 4.24 bits
1.7% →
PRICE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4U1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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