5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TAKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of taka

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 TAKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAKAS 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,672 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_AS T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE POIRE ROUET DROLE MORNE RENAL
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAKAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,672 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAKAS ranks #9,672 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
250
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
26%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
207
200
192
144
108
77
72
69
64
61
50
38
36
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24
19
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAKAS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
POIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
RIONE 6.01 bits
8.8% →
POIRE 5.36 bits
8.5% →
ROUET 5.41 bits
8.1% →
DROLE 5.35 bits
6.1% →
MORNE 4.69 bits
4.6% →
ROUET 4.81 bits
3.3% →
RIONE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
RENAL 4.60 bits
2.9% →
SHULE 4.61 bits
2.7% →
CLINE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1K5A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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