5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TABOO

Yes, TABOO was the Wordle answer on March 31, 2024 (Wordle #1016).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /təˈbuː//tæˈbuː//ˈʈæ.bu/

Noun

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Noun

Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Adjective

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

“Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.”

Adjective

Culturally forbidden.

Alternative forms: tabu, tapu

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 31, 2024 (#1016).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TABOO performs as a guess

TABOO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE CRONE SHIER SIREN ALERT
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TABOO 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TABOO ranks #9,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
T A B O O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TABOO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
314
245
181
158
110
78
64
62
61
57
36
27
25
25
21
20
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18
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9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TABOO:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
13.3% →
SLANE 5.42 bits
10.4% →
CRONE 5.27 bits
7.7% →
SHIER 5.36 bits
6.7% →
SIREN 4.57 bits
4.7% →
ALERT 4.87 bits
3.3% →
CRUSE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SLIER 4.91 bits
2.6% →
SHIRE 4.98 bits
2.6% →
CRUSE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1B3O1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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