Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

TREST

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

No dictionary definition for TREST is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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How it sounds

One syllable Say it TREHST.

Rhymes with GUEST CHEST QUEST CREST WREST

Use TREST in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How TREST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TREST as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,054 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe TREST used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.88 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How TREST 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#7,054 Rank among openers
Opening with TREST left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.70 average. It ranks #7,054 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

TREST can come back 99 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

406 answers
294 answers
187 answers
149 answers
142 answers
97 answers
66 answers
63 answers
57 answers
54 answers
48 answers
48 answers
46 answers
45 answers
40 answers
40 answers
38 answers
33 answers
29 answers
27 answers
25 answers
22 answers
21 answers
21 answers
20 answers
17 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1E1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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

Strategy after playing TREST

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to TREST.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TREST:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
12.3% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
7.8% →
AINEE 4.27 bits
6.2% →
CAROL 5.28 bits
6.0% →
SNAIL 5.05 bits
4.1% →
DRAIN 4.38 bits
2.8% →
ANILE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
FAITH 4.55 bits
2.4% →
PLANE 4.38 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 3.91 bits

Research on TREST

Game-tree analysis and word research for TREST, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with TREST, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #7,075 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with TREST can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.70, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD).