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

TRUST

Yes, TRUST was the Wordle answer on November 16, 2023 (Wordle #880).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹʌst/[t͡ʃʰɹ̥ʌst]/tɹɐst/

Noun

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

“He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.”

Noun

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

Verb

To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.

“We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.”

Verb

To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.

“In God We Trust”

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: November 16, 2023 (#880).

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

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How TRUST performs as a guess

TRUST 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 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,735 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__S_ T in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE LAIDE PLANE DIANE MAILE HAOLE
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRUST 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,735 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRUST ranks #5,735 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
23
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
34%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRUST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
285
165
155
105
81
75
68
67
67
50
49
49
41
31
29
22
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
16
15
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRUST:

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

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
7.0% →
PLANE 5.48 bits
6.6% →
DIANE 5.19 bits
4.5% →
MAILE 4.53 bits
3.4% →
HAOLE 5.17 bits
3.2% →
ALONE 4.73 bits
2.9% →
SPANE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1U1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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