5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

TRIED

TRIED is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹaɪd/

Adjective

Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.

Adjective

Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.

Verb

simple past and past participle of try

Alternative forms: tryed

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

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 TRIED performs as a guess

TRIED 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #141 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE SHOUT CAROM SNAIL SCRAE
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRIED 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
#141 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRIED ranks #141 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
96
3 guesses
1,022
4 guesses
1,063
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
T H R E W
T R I E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRIED in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

139 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
210
124
119
100
94
91
90
64
60
58
51
44
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRIED:

14% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
5% chance
Suggested:
SHOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SALON 5.81 bits
8.9% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
SHOUT 5.20 bits
5.0% →
CAROM 5.24 bits
4.2% →
SNAIL 4.93 bits
4.0% →
SCRAE 4.53 bits
3.9% →
SLATE 5.03 bits
3.8% →
SOLAR 3.63 bits
2.7% →
SONLY 4.45 bits
2.5% →
ALONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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