5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TIERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tier

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tier

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 TIERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIERS 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #937 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY LANCE CADEE APRON SALON ALIGN
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.46 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIERS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#937 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIERS ranks #937 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,066
5 guesses
185
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

255
211
162
137
119
97
78
64
61
58
55
49
48
39
36
36
33
33
32
31
30
30
27
27
26
23
23
23
23
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIERS:

11% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
7% chance
Suggested:
CADEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
COALY 5.68 bits
8.9% →
LANCE 5.33 bits
6.9% →
CADEE 4.41 bits
5.8% →
APRON 4.88 bits
5.0% →
SALON 4.92 bits
4.1% →
ALIGN 4.99 bits
3.3% →
CLOUT 4.95 bits
2.7% →
LEASH 4.38 bits
2.6% →
LATTE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SNOUT 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1E1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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