5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TABOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/

Noun

A small drum.

Verb

To make (a sound) with a tabor.

Verb

To strike lightly and frequently.

Noun

A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.

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 TABOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TABOR 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #743 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE CLONE SPICE SHIEL CRANE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TABOR 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#743 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TABOR ranks #743 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
197
169
149
132
101
101
84
78
63
63
50
42
41
38
36
35
31
31
27
26
23
22
22
20
19
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TABOR:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SLICE 6.05 bits
8.4% →
SLANE 5.54 bits
7.2% →
CLONE 5.20 bits
6.3% →
SPICE 5.37 bits
5.6% →
SHIEL 5.20 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 4.57 bits
4.3% →
SIDLE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
DRONE 4.35 bits
3.3% →
SLANE 4.88 bits
2.7% →
SIDLE 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1B3O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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