5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

THUJA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈθu.jə//ˈθu.d͡ʒə/

Noun

A tree of the genus Thuja.

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 THUJA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts THUJA 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,257 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE CARLE SOREL SLIER PRONE SWIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THUJA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,257 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THUJA ranks #12,257 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
30
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:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

621
476
166
152
149
68
57
56
53
49
47
47
45
41
36
30
26
23
22
19
15
15
9
9
9
8
8
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THUJA:

26% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
20% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
NOIRE 5.95 bits
20.2% →
CARLE 5.40 bits
7.0% →
SOREL 5.51 bits
6.4% →
SLIER 5.01 bits
6.3% →
SLIER 4.87 bits
2.9% →
PRONE 4.60 bits
2.4% →
SWIRE 5.07 bits
2.4% →
CLONE 4.74 bits
2.2% →
SLIER 4.40 bits
2.1% →
GRICE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4U1J8A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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