5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TRANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹænz/

Adjective

In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.

Adjective

In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.

“The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.”

Noun

A trans person.

Verb

To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).

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 TRANS highly

This solver ranks TRANS 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #48 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #72 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE POLEY SPILE LITHE COLEY PRIED
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.44 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRANS 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
0.67 Volatility
#72 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRANS ranks #72 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,096
4 guesses
1,054
5 guesses
127
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

281
163
144
123
114
104
100
82
75
65
64
56
55
46
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRANS:

12% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
POLEY
6% chance
Suggested:
MOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
MOILE 5.87 bits
6.9% →
POLEY 4.84 bits
6.1% →
MOILE 5.01 bits
5.2% →
SPILE 5.37 bits
4.8% →
MOILE 5.04 bits
4.4% →
LITHE 5.17 bits
4.2% →
COLEY 4.65 bits
3.5% →
PRIED 4.61 bits
3.2% →
STIPE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
LANCE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1A1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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