5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TACAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæk.æn/

Noun

Acronym of tactical air navigation beacon, an ultra high frequency electronic radionavigation system able to provide aircraft with continuous bearing and slant range information to a selected station.

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 TACAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TACAN 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,833 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SOREL SLADE RIONE PROLE SILER
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TACAN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,833 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TACAN ranks #5,833 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

569
222
180
173
142
116
73
68
57
56
55
52
46
40
38
37
23
23
22
21
19
19
15
14
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TACAN:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
9% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
8% chance
Suggested:
SLADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
SOLER 5.97 bits
9.4% →
SOREL 5.52 bits
7.6% →
SLADE 5.27 bits
7.3% →
RIONE 5.27 bits
6.0% →
PROLE 5.44 bits
4.9% →
SILER 4.89 bits
3.1% →
LEAST 4.76 bits
2.9% →
SHOER 4.93 bits
2.4% →
SHARE 4.48 bits
2.4% →
SLIER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1C3A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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