5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

TIMID

TIMID is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmɪd/

Adjective

Lacking in courage or confidence.

“John's a very timid person. I doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.”

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

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 TIMID performs as a guess

TIMID 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 374 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SLANE CARLE DROLE RANSE BRANE
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
374 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIMID 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIMID ranks #10,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
26%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T I M I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TIMID in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

830
319
147
132
130
94
85
63
59
57
38
35
28
27
26
25
24
22
18
17
13
12
12
12
9
9
8
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIMID:

35% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
14% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
SOARE 6.16 bits
13.5% →
SOARE 5.76 bits
6.2% →
SLANE 5.20 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 5.55 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 5.27 bits
4.0% →
RANSE 4.71 bits
3.6% →
SOARE 4.94 bits
2.7% →
BRANE 4.85 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.90 bits
2.4% →
SLANE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1M3I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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