5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TROAD

TROAD 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: /tɹəʊd/

Noun

Obsolete spelling of trode.

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 TROAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TROAD 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #109 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE SEINE SIENT COLEY SAMEL
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TROAD 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
#109 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TROAD ranks #109 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
1,068
4 guesses
1,038
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
246
144
127
107
105
92
80
66
52
51
43
41
39
38
38
33
32
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21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TROAD:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
6% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SLICE 6.07 bits
10.4% →
SLANE 5.58 bits
6.1% →
SEINE 5.08 bits
5.4% →
SIENT 5.27 bits
4.5% →
COLEY 4.77 bits
4.5% →
SLICE 4.77 bits
3.9% →
SAMEL 4.40 bits
3.4% →
SOCLE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
SORER 4.12 bits
2.2% →
DEIGN 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1O1A1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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