5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TACTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tact

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 TACTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TACTS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,094 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_TS T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DROLE SPINE CRINE MORNE GOIER
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TACTS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,094 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TACTS ranks #7,094 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

570
261
211
153
135
107
83
82
57
56
52
48
41
38
34
32
28
26
23
23
22
19
18
17
16
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TACTS:

24% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
RIONE 6.02 bits
11.1% →
DROLE 5.51 bits
8.9% →
SPINE 5.31 bits
6.5% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
5.7% →
MORNE 4.55 bits
4.5% →
GOIER 5.22 bits
3.5% →
ROUET 4.62 bits
3.5% →
PHARE 4.64 bits
2.4% →
CRANE 4.56 bits
2.4% →
URINE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1C3T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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