5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TRETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tret

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.

How TRETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRETS 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 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE AINEE SNAIL CAROL PILOT
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRETS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRETS ranks #8,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
289
185
166
148
100
97
89
64
54
51
51
44
39
38
31
28
25
23
23
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRETS:

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
7.0% →
SNAIL 5.12 bits
6.3% →
CAROL 5.28 bits
4.2% →
PILOT 4.79 bits
4.1% →
DRAIN 4.38 bits
3.8% →
SLANE 4.49 bits
2.7% →
STAIN 4.33 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1E1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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