5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TYROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tyro

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 TYROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TYROS 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,277 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE LAIDE SLANE CLINE LEANT GRADE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TYROS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,277 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TYROS ranks #2,277 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
170
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
20%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
248
168
145
144
122
96
92
56
55
47
46
44
43
39
38
36
34
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25
25
19
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TYROS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
ALINE 6.26 bits
10.5% →
LAIDE 5.23 bits
7.1% →
SLANE 5.55 bits
6.1% →
CLINE 5.40 bits
6.1% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
5.2% →
LAIDE 4.70 bits
4.1% →
LEANT 4.76 bits
3.9% →
GRADE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.46 bits
2.3% →
SHAPE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1Y4R1O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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