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

TILDE

Yes, TILDE was the Wordle answer on November 27, 2021 (Wordle #161).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪldə//ˈtɪldi/

Noun

A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

Noun

A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.

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 27, 2021 (#161).

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

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How TILDE performs as a guess

TILDE 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #866 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__D_ T in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROM SONAR SOARE SAUCY SHORT CAIRN
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TILDE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TILDE ranks #866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
12
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:
EILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TILDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
182
154
145
143
106
92
84
56
54
52
50
45
44
44
42
36
35
32
30
29
25
24
23
23
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22
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18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TILDE:

14% chance
Suggested:
CAROM
8% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
CAROM 5.90 bits
7.7% →
SONAR 5.18 bits
6.5% →
SOARE 4.72 bits
6.1% →
SAUCY 4.97 bits
6.1% →
SHORT 5.34 bits
4.5% →
CAIRN 5.12 bits
3.9% →
SEARE 4.81 bits
3.6% →
SERAL 4.39 bits
2.4% →
HOARD 4.77 bits
2.3% →
CLARY 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1L1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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