Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TACET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.sɪt//ˈtæ.sɪt//ˈtɑːtʃɛt/

Verb

An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.

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 TACET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TACET 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,967 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TACET 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TACET ranks #7,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

369
263
191
167
145
113
109
78
70
59
58
46
37
33
32
30
29
28
28
24
24
21
21
20
19
18
18
17
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TACET:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6%
SOILY 5.67 bits
11.1%
NOIRE 5.17 bits
8.1%
SNARL 5.12 bits
7.1%
SENOR 4.35 bits
6.1%
SLADE 4.60 bits
4.8%
CHOIR 5.07 bits
4.6%
SONLY 4.56 bits
3.3%
NOISE 4.54 bits
3.0%
NORTH 4.51 bits
2.5%
CLASH 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1C3E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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