5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TRICK

Yes, TRICK was the Wordle answer on September 9, 2025 (Wordle #1543).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk/[ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk][ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk]

Noun

Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

“It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.”

Noun

A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

“And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.”

Verb

To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

“You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.”

Verb

To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).

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 9, 2025 (#1543).

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

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How TRICK performs as a guess

TRICK 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__C_ T in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ALOSE SOREL SALUE SIDLE DANSE HAOLE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRICK 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRICK ranks #2,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
T H I R D
T R I C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRICK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
277
211
140
92
89
88
74
61
58
49
48
46
41
40
32
29
27
26
26
22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRICK:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
9% chance
Suggested:
SALUE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
ALOSE 6.11 bits
11.7% →
SOREL 5.17 bits
8.9% →
SALUE 5.68 bits
5.9% →
SIDLE 5.10 bits
3.9% →
DANSE 4.73 bits
3.8% →
HAOLE 5.38 bits
3.7% →
SLANE 5.32 bits
3.1% →
SAREE 4.68 bits
2.6% →
SIENT 4.18 bits
2.5% →
SANED 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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