5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TACES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tace

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 TACES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TACES 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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

ROUND NOIRE ADORN RIONE BLARE SHINY
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TACES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TACES ranks #1,243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
183
139
133
111
103
93
92
80
75
68
50
46
44
38
36
34
34
33
32
32
29
27
25
25
25
23
22
22
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TACES:

11% chance
Suggested:
ROUND
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
6% chance
Suggested:
ADORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
ROUND 5.56 bits
7.8% →
NOIRE 5.15 bits
5.9% →
ADORN 5.07 bits
5.6% →
RIONE 4.16 bits
4.7% →
BLARE 4.78 bits
4.4% →
SHINY 4.73 bits
3.9% →
NORTH 4.81 bits
3.9% →
CHOIR 4.88 bits
3.4% →
RANDY 4.17 bits
3.2% →
SNORE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1C3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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