5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TYPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with TYPES Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /taɪps/

Noun

plural of type

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of type

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 TYPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TYPES 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,257 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN RAILE DROLE SOLAR DROIT SNARL
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TYPES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,257 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TYPES ranks #7,257 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
17
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

381
301
159
154
143
122
101
89
85
57
55
45
45
43
40
39
33
32
29
27
25
23
19
18
16
16
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TYPES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CAIRN 6.11 bits
12.8% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
6.7% →
DROLE 4.36 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.01 bits
6.1% →
DROIT 4.92 bits
5.2% →
SNARL 5.07 bits
4.3% →
SORAL 4.48 bits
3.8% →
LEARE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
STAIR 4.41 bits
2.4% →
TRAIN 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1Y4P3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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