5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWERP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twɝp//twɜːp/

Noun

A fool, a twit.

“Now you've broken it, you twerp!”

Noun

A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.

“Get out of my way, you little twerp!”

Alternative forms: twirp

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 TWERP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWERP 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,397 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___P T in the 1st position and P in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _W__P W in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN LIANE AINEE SAINT BARON SAULT
Words starting with T Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWERP 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,397 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWERP ranks #4,397 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
290
195
186
177
105
78
54
53
51
48
44
42
36
36
29
29
28
28
27
24
23
21
20
18
18
17
16
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWERP:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SLAIN 5.89 bits
12.3% →
LIANE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
AINEE 4.48 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
7.5% →
BARON 5.07 bits
4.5% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
3.3% →
PUPIL 4.84 bits
2.3% →
SLANE 4.81 bits
2.2% →
SLANE 4.51 bits
2.2% →
COALY 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4E1R1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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