5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TAIGA

TAIGA 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

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɡə//taɪˈɡɑː/

Noun

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Alternative forms: tayga, tajga

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 TAIGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAIGA 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SOREL LINER CLOSE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAIGA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAIGA ranks #9,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
282
183
168
130
124
101
65
61
57
53
44
41
37
33
29
21
19
18
18
18
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15
15
15
15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAIGA:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SOLER 5.98 bits
12.0% →
SCARE 5.32 bits
7.8% →
SOREL 5.48 bits
7.1% →
LINER 5.11 bits
5.5% →
SOLER 4.89 bits
5.3% →
CLOSE 4.86 bits
4.3% →
LEAST 5.04 bits
2.8% →
RONTE 3.90 bits
2.6% →
ROULE 5.15 bits
2.4% →
SHOER 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1I1G2A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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