5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TRIOS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of trio

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 TRIOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRIOS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #117 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE RAREE CLADE SHALE LIANE PLANE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRIOS 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
0.69 Volatility
#117 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRIOS ranks #117 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
1,081
4 guesses
1,032
5 guesses
155
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
2 vowels
Common:
IORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
166
158
148
123
102
80
78
71
68
57
52
50
44
42
39
38
38
37
32
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28
25
25
23
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRIOS:

13% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAREE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
LANCE 6.05 bits
7.0% →
RAREE 5.04 bits
6.7% →
CLADE 5.15 bits
6.3% →
SHALE 5.47 bits
5.2% →
LIANE 5.01 bits
4.3% →
CLADE 5.11 bits
3.4% →
PLANE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
COLEY 4.20 bits
3.0% →
CLADE 4.73 bits
2.9% →
GLACE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1I1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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