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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TOPIC

Yes, TOPIC was the Wordle answer on December 15, 2023 (Wordle #909).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɒpɪk//ˈtɑpɪk/

Adjective

topical

Noun

A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.

“A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.”

Noun

A discussion thread.

Alternative forms: topick

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: December 15, 2023 (#909).

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

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How TOPIC performs as a guess

TOPIC 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___C T in the 1st position and C in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL ANILE SALET ARSON CARLE DROLE
Words starting with T Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOPIC 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOPIC ranks #2,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
166
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
T O P I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TOPIC in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
211
178
154
144
142
92
78
59
55
53
53
45
43
35
31
31
31
30
29
27
27
24
24
16
15
13
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOPIC:

21% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
9% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SERAL 6.11 bits
8.9% →
ANILE 5.28 bits
7.5% →
SALET 5.69 bits
6.5% →
ARSON 5.29 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 5.58 bits
6.0% →
DROLE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SLANE 5.60 bits
3.3% →
SHIRT 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SERAL 4.28 bits
2.3% →
RANSE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1P3I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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