5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TABUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, with the molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P.

Noun

A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire.

Alternative forms: taboon, taboun

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 TABUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TABUN 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER PEARL SHIER CRISE SLURP SOREL
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TABUN 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TABUN ranks #2,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

466
265
175
140
137
126
102
59
55
50
49
48
47
44
35
35
34
32
30
26
26
23
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TABUN:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
PEARL
7% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SOLER 5.96 bits
11.2% →
PEARL 5.44 bits
7.4% →
SHIER 5.47 bits
5.9% →
CRISE 5.18 bits
5.8% →
SLURP 4.83 bits
5.3% →
SOREL 4.73 bits
4.3% →
LEAST 4.95 bits
2.5% →
GLARE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
SIREE 4.88 bits
2.1% →
SILER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1B3U1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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