5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

TRUCE

TRUCE 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: /tɹuːs//tɹus//ˈtɹʉs/

Noun

A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.

Noun

An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.

“He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.”

Verb

To come to an agreement to cease fighting.

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 TRUCE performs as a guess

TRUCE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__C_ T in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALIEN SOLAR SLANE HOIST LORRY
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRUCE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRUCE ranks #260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
96
3 guesses
1,014
4 guesses
1,055
5 guesses
171
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:
ERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B I R C H
T R U C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRUCE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
170
149
144
131
108
79
78
78
76
45
44
43
37
37
34
33
33
32
28
28
27
25
25
22
21
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRUCE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
7% chance
Suggested:
ALIEN
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 6.03 bits
7.2% →
ALIEN 5.27 bits
6.3% →
SOLAR 4.28 bits
6.1% →
SLANE 4.67 bits
5.6% →
HOIST 5.21 bits
4.6% →
LORRY 4.87 bits
3.4% →
DRAIN 4.37 bits
3.3% →
SONLY 4.29 bits
3.3% →
SHALT 4.86 bits
3.2% →
CLAIM 5.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1U1C3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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