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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TODAY

Yes, TODAY was the Wordle answer on March 12, 2022 (Wordle #266).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tʊˈdeɪ//təˈdeɪ/[tʰəˈɾeɪ]

Adverb

On the current day or date.

“I want this done today.”

Adverb

In the current era; nowadays; these days.

“In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.”

Noun

The current day or date.

“Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.”

Noun

The 24-hour period beginning at 5 or 6 a.m. or sunrise of the current day.

Alternative forms: to-day, to day, 2day

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 12, 2022 (#266).

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

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How TODAY performs as a guess

TODAY 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,412 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE SIREN CRISE SALET SMILE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TODAY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,412 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TODAY ranks #3,412 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
192
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A P T L Y
T O D A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TODAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
314
156
153
119
106
97
74
66
60
59
54
50
41
39
38
29
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TODAY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
13.3% →
SLANE 5.46 bits
6.6% →
SIREN 5.51 bits
6.5% →
CRISE 5.16 bits
5.0% →
SALET 4.78 bits
4.5% →
SMILE 4.45 bits
4.1% →
CRUSE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 5.13 bits
2.8% →
CLEAR 4.58 bits
2.5% →
SUCRE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1D2A1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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