5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAIKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪkəʊ//ˈtaɪkoʊ/

Noun

A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day

Noun

A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).

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 TAIKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAIKO 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,713 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.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLEER DROLE PEARL SIDLE SOREL CRUSE
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAIKO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,713 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAIKO ranks #7,713 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
21
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

292
286
242
149
142
111
97
93
83
69
61
58
46
40
38
31
29
26
25
22
22
22
19
19
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAIKO:

12% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
PEARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
SLEER 5.72 bits
12.1% →
DROLE 5.17 bits
10.3% →
PEARL 5.49 bits
6.3% →
SIDLE 4.99 bits
6.0% →
SOREL 4.42 bits
4.7% →
CRUSE 4.59 bits
4.1% →
SPURT 5.09 bits
3.9% →
LEAST 4.96 bits
3.5% →
ROUSE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
MOLAR 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1I1K5O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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