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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TIRED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: [ˈtaɪ̯əd][ˈtɑjəd][ˈtajəd]

Verb

simple past and past participle of tire

Adjective

In need of some rest or sleep.

Adjective

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

“I'm tired of this”

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 TIRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIRED 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #200 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position TI_ED T in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE SHOUT ARSON SLAIN SPACE
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIRED 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#200 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIRED ranks #200 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
1,035
4 guesses
1,055
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
10
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)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

131 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
210
124
123
113
93
91
85
60
54
53
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIRED:

14% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
5% chance
Suggested:
SHOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SALON 5.81 bits
8.9% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
SHOUT 5.20 bits
5.2% →
ARSON 5.04 bits
4.8% →
SLAIN 5.30 bits
3.9% →
SPACE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
SLATE 5.03 bits
3.6% →
SOLAR 3.58 bits
2.5% →
NAVEL 4.11 bits
2.3% →
SAUCY 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1R1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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