5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TAELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tael

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 TAELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAELS 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #265 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE IRONY DRAIN NORTH SCION RAYON
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.58 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAELS 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#265 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAELS ranks #265 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
1,033
4 guesses
1,057
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

243
228
104
90
89
84
83
83
78
72
70
67
64
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAELS:

10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
4% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
9.7% →
IRONY 5.45 bits
4.4% →
DRAIN 5.10 bits
3.8% →
NORTH 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SCION 4.74 bits
3.6% →
RAYON 4.15 bits
3.5% →
CLOUD 4.48 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.72 bits
3.3% →
BOREE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
BEARD 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1E1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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