5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TYMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tymp

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 TYMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TYMPS 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,120 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__P_ T in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL SLANE DROLE SAINE MORAE RAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TYMPS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,120 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TYMPS ranks #7,120 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
14
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
0 vowels
Common:
ST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
13%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
246
226
187
129
108
107
96
60
42
32
27
27
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25
21
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TYMPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
10.4% →
ARIEL 5.50 bits
9.6% →
SLANE 5.46 bits
7.9% →
DROLE 5.05 bits
5.5% →
SAINE 4.63 bits
4.6% →
MORAE 5.50 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 5.43 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 5.25 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
1.8% →
HAOLE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1Y4M3P3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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