5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWEEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twiːn/

Preposition

Alternative spelling of 'tween.

Noun

An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.

Verb

To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.

Noun

A child, especially a girl, in the age range between middle childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age.

Alternative forms: 'tween

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 TWEEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWEEN 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,793 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _W__N W in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOARE ROAST COALY SOLAR REAST
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWEEN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,793 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWEEN ranks #9,793 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
22
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:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
30%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

584
294
228
173
116
107
72
63
62
46
45
43
31
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWEEN:

25% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
CAROL 5.91 bits
12.5% →
SOARE 5.13 bits
9.7% →
ROAST 5.32 bits
7.3% →
COALY 4.91 bits
4.9% →
SOLAR 4.43 bits
4.5% →
REAST 4.60 bits
3.1% →
SAINE 4.36 bits
2.7% →
SORAL 4.41 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.43 bits
2.0% →
SORAL 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4E1E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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