5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TRIKE

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹaɪk/

Noun

A tricycle, typically that of a child.

Noun

A three-wheeled motorbike.

Verb

To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.

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 TRIKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRIKE 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,525 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.

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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOULY PENAL SAULT SOLAR COALY SHOUT
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRIKE 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
#2,525 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRIKE ranks #2,525 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
15
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)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
153
149
144
136
131
121
90
66
60
59
55
49
40
38
37
34
33
33
31
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23
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRIKE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
6% chance
Suggested:
PENAL
6% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SOULY 5.59 bits
6.5% →
PENAL 5.00 bits
6.3% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.33 bits
5.8% →
COALY 5.13 bits
5.6% →
SHOUT 5.25 bits
5.1% →
SNAIL 4.88 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
2.8% →
ARSON 3.87 bits
2.5% →
SHALT 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1K5E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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