5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TORSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.

Noun

The torso.

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.

Why this solver ranks TORSE highly

This solver ranks TORSE highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #44 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #71 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

PLAIN CEDAR LADEN EAGLE DRAIN SNAIL
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.73 Entropy (bits)
79 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TORSE 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#71 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TORSE ranks #71 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
103
3 guesses
1,031
4 guesses
1,058
5 guesses
146
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:
EORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
41%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

137 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

249
141
137
117
99
97
88
83
74
69
62
53
47
39
38
33
32
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TORSE:

11% chance
Suggested:
PLAIN
6% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
6% chance
Suggested:
LADEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
PLAIN 5.67 bits
6.0% →
CEDAR 4.40 bits
5.8% →
LADEN 5.25 bits
5.0% →
EAGLE 4.58 bits
4.2% →
DRAIN 5.07 bits
4.1% →
SNAIL 4.94 bits
3.7% →
HAUNT 4.78 bits
3.5% →
MOLDY 4.18 bits
3.1% →
ADORN 4.08 bits
2.9% →
ALONG 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1R1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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