5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TROOZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

short trousers, trews

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 TROOZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TROOZ 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,060 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__Z R in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE LEASE SALET LAIDE CADIE COLEY
Words starting with T Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TROOZ 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,060 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TROOZ ranks #13,060 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

716
304
281
151
131
81
73
71
61
44
41
36
31
30
27
24
22
19
19
18
16
15
15
14
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TROOZ:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
SLANE 6.22 bits
12.9% →
LEASE 5.14 bits
11.9% →
SALET 5.62 bits
6.4% →
LAIDE 4.80 bits
5.6% →
CADIE 4.90 bits
3.4% →
COLEY 4.00 bits
3.1% →
SALET 4.66 bits
3.0% →
SLANE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
SAINE 4.83 bits
1.9% →
SUITE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1O1O1Z10
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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