5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TINEA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪ.ni.ə//ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/

Noun

A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.

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 TINEA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TINEA 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 90.6% of games, misses completely in 9.4%, and leaves about 89 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,874 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY CAROL REUSE SLADE SOLAR CRISP
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.50 Entropy (bits)
89 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TINEA 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,874 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TINEA ranks #1,874 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
32%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

221
200
168
158
105
84
77
74
62
59
57
51
50
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TINEA:

9% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
7% chance
Suggested:
REUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.4% →
SURLY 5.43 bits
8.5% →
CAROL 5.24 bits
7.1% →
REUSE 5.30 bits
6.7% →
SLADE 4.58 bits
4.5% →
SOLAR 4.04 bits
3.6% →
CRISP 4.91 bits
3.3% →
SHALT 4.43 bits
3.1% →
SHORT 4.98 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.37 bits
2.5% →
SCORN 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1N1E1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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