5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TABES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbiːz/

Noun

A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.

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 TABES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TABES 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,927 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_ES T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD NOIRE GRAIL OLDER SLINK LEARN
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TABES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,927 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TABES ranks #2,927 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
197
160
138
113
112
93
92
86
72
62
56
44
39
38
37
36
34
34
33
31
31
28
25
25
24
24
20
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TABES:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
GRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COULD 5.62 bits
8.4% →
NOIRE 5.13 bits
6.8% →
GRAIL 5.02 bits
5.8% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
4.8% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.7% →
LEARN 4.69 bits
3.9% →
NORTH 4.83 bits
3.9% →
RANDY 4.04 bits
3.6% →
SNORE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SHIRT 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1B3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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