- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words starting with TAP
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that start with TAP.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: TAPER (December 18, 2022); TAPIR (December 29, 2021).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. TAPED keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The TAP prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- T most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (10%).
- A most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (10%), 5th (10%).
- P most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (10%).
Word notes
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TAPER
A slender wax candle.
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Past Wordle answer: December 18, 2022.
TAPIR
An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
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Past Wordle answer: December 29, 2021.
TAPED
simple past and past participle of tape
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPES
plural of tape
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPAS
A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPEN
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPET
A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPIS
A tapestry.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPPA
Alternative form of tapa (“cloth made from mulberry bark”).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TAPUS
plural of tapu
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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