5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

TREAD

TREAD is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹɛd/

Verb

To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

“He trod back and forth wearily.”

Verb

To step or walk upon.

“Actors tread the boards.”

Noun

A step taken with the foot.

Noun

A manner of stepping.

Alternative forms: treade

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

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 TREAD performs as a guess

TREAD 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #317 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLAIN NOISE SEINE HOIST SLAVE
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.49 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TREAD 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
0.71 Volatility
#317 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TREAD ranks #317 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
96
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,063
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
14
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
T R E A D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TREAD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

277
177
177
143
120
114
75
73
61
57
54
51
44
44
42
35
34
32
29
29
28
25
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TREAD:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
7.5% →
SLAIN 5.22 bits
7.5% →
NOISE 5.24 bits
6.1% →
SEINE 4.54 bits
5.1% →
HOIST 5.20 bits
4.8% →
SLAVE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
3.1% →
CURIO 4.85 bits
2.6% →
CAROM 4.20 bits
2.4% →
SHIEL 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1E1A1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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