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TRICE

Yes, TRICE was the Wordle answer on September 19, 2022 (Wordle #457).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹaɪs/

Verb

To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

Noun

Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.

Verb

To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

Noun

A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).

Alternative forms: trise

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: September 19, 2022 (#457).

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

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How TRICE performs as a guess

TRICE 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 89 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #13 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #69 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__C_ T in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON LADEN SOLAR SAULT SORRY SOULY
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.63 Entropy (bits)
89 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRICE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#69 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRICE ranks #69 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
1,071
4 guesses
1,032
5 guesses
148
6 guesses
16
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B I R C H
T R I C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRICE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
140
132
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109
97
76
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52
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRICE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SALON
6% chance
Suggested:
LADEN
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
SALON 5.79 bits
5.9% →
LADEN 5.17 bits
5.6% →
SOLAR 4.31 bits
5.5% →
SAULT 4.75 bits
4.7% →
SORRY 4.89 bits
4.6% →
SOULY 5.17 bits
4.1% →
SADLY 4.85 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.86 bits
2.5% →
GRAND 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1C3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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