5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TIMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

timpani

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 TIMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIMPS 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,509 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ T in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE HAOLE CARET CRANE SOARE MORAE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIMPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,509 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIMPS ranks #3,509 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
15
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
20%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

631
200
189
182
113
101
89
84
73
56
54
49
33
30
28
27
24
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIMPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
CARLE 6.17 bits
8.5% →
HAOLE 5.41 bits
8.0% →
CARET 5.55 bits
7.7% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
4.8% →
SOARE 4.78 bits
4.3% →
MORAE 5.48 bits
3.8% →
PARLE 5.24 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
CARNE 4.97 bits
2.4% →
SPARE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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