5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

TAINT

TAINT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /teɪnt/

Noun

A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Noun

A tinge, trace or touch.

Verb

To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

Verb

To spoil (food) by contamination.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 TAINT performs as a guess

TAINT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,201 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SOREL SOLED DORSE CRUSE
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAINT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,201 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAINT ranks #6,201 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
AINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
40%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
S P O O F
T A I N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAINT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
292
139
134
114
106
90
63
62
53
52
52
49
42
39
38
36
34
31
26
25
22
16
15
15
15
14
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAINT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SOLER 5.99 bits
12.4% →
SCARE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
SOREL 4.75 bits
5.7% →
SOLED 4.99 bits
4.8% →
DORSE 4.99 bits
4.5% →
CRUSE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
SHOER 5.19 bits
2.7% →
DINER 4.36 bits
2.6% →
SOREE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SLAKE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1I1N1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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