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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TIMER

Yes, TIMER was the Wordle answer on March 18, 2025 (Wordle #1368).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmɚ/

Noun

Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.

“start the timer when you hear the gunshot”

Noun

One who has done something a certain number of times.

“third-timer”

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: March 18, 2025 (#1368).

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

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How TIMER performs as a guess

TIMER 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,120 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE HOARD CEASE SHOUT SNAIL
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIMER 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
0.71 Volatility
#1,120 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIMER ranks #1,120 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,066
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
13
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
A G U E Y
T I M E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TIMER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
228
160
130
125
116
94
79
62
58
57
52
51
50
50
32
30
29
28
27
25
24
24
23
23
21
21
20
20
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIMER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
HOARD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SALON 5.80 bits
9.7% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
6.8% →
HOARD 5.03 bits
5.5% →
CEASE 4.64 bits
5.3% →
SHOUT 5.21 bits
4.9% →
SNAIL 5.15 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 5.08 bits
3.4% →
SOAPY 3.61 bits
2.6% →
ALONE 4.07 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1M3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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