5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 TAINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAINS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #254 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE PROLE COLEY ROUET ROULE CHARE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAINS 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
0.69 Volatility
#254 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAINS ranks #254 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,036
4 guesses
1,066
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AINST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
204
127
109
104
92
90
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72
68
64
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAINS:

15% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
5% chance
Suggested:
PROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
DROLE 5.94 bits
8.7% →
DROLE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
PROLE 5.32 bits
4.6% →
COLEY 4.61 bits
4.4% →
DROLE 5.05 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 5.28 bits
3.8% →
ROULE 4.80 bits
3.4% →
CHARE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.61 bits
2.9% →
ROUET 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1I1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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