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

THYME

Yes, THYME was the Wordle answer on September 14, 2022 (Wordle #452).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /taɪm//tɑem/[tɑe̯m]

Noun

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

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 14, 2022 (#452).

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

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How THYME performs as a guess

THYME 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,093 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__M_ T in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARIEL SORAL SAINT SOLAR SLART
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THYME 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THYME ranks #9,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
18
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H I L Y
T H Y M E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THYME in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
274
266
178
177
116
70
58
56
48
48
47
45
45
38
29
28
25
23
23
22
22
20
19
16
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14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THYME:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SLAIN 6.05 bits
11.6% →
ARIEL 5.07 bits
11.3% →
SORAL 4.91 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.37 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.76 bits
4.9% →
SLART 4.91 bits
3.0% →
CAROM 5.02 bits
2.5% →
DEARE 4.27 bits
2.4% →
LURCH 4.52 bits
2.0% →
COAST 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4Y4M3E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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