5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TRUSS

Yes, TRUSS was the Wordle answer on January 3, 2022 (Wordle #198).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹʌs//tɹʊs/

Noun

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

Noun

A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.

Verb

To tie up a bird before cooking it.

Verb

To secure or bind with ropes.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 3, 2022 (#198).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TRUSS performs as a guess

TRUSS 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,515 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE LAIDE LATHE PLANE DIANE MAILE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRUSS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,515 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRUSS ranks #8,515 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
T R U S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRUSS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
285
172
160
155
105
96
67
66
63
50
49
43
40
24
24
24
23
22
20
20
20
17
14
13
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRUSS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
7% chance
Suggested:
LATHE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
ALONE 6.18 bits
12.1% →
LAIDE 5.12 bits
7.3% →
LATHE 5.18 bits
6.8% →
PLANE 5.48 bits
6.6% →
DIANE 5.19 bits
4.5% →
MAILE 4.53 bits
4.1% →
LIANE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
SPANE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
DAINE 4.81 bits
2.7% →
RAREE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1U1S1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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