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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TRIAD

Yes, TRIAD was the Wordle answer on December 7, 2021 (Wordle #171).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.æd/

Noun

A grouping of three.

Noun

A word of three syllables.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 7, 2021 (#171).

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

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How TRIAD performs as a guess

TRIAD is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #159 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

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SOCLE SLANE SORER SOULY SAMEL SONCE
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRIAD 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#159 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRIAD ranks #159 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
1,045
4 guesses
1,042
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P I A L
T R I A D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRIAD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

130 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
238
166
113
106
103
103
83
52
51
51
49
48
46
40
38
36
32
31
31
29
25
23
23
23
21
21
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRIAD:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOCLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SOCLE 5.97 bits
10.1% →
SLANE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
SORER 5.10 bits
4.8% →
SOULY 5.15 bits
4.5% →
SAMEL 4.40 bits
4.4% →
SONCE 4.85 bits
4.4% →
SHULE 4.82 bits
3.5% →
CLONE 4.92 bits
2.2% →
SCONE 4.27 bits
2.2% →
DEMON 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1A1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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