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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TAKEN

Yes, TAKEN was the Wordle answer on December 1, 2023 (Wordle #895).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.kn̩/

Adjective

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

“He was very taken with the girl, I hear.”

Adjective

In a serious romantic relationship.

“I can't ask her out, she's taken.”

Verb

past participle of take

Alternative forms: ta'en, tane

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 1, 2023 (#895).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TAKEN performs as a guess

TAKEN 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,278 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOULY DORSE CLARY HOIST OLDER PEARL
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAKEN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,278 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAKEN ranks #6,278 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
16
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:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
E A T E N
T A K E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAKEN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
218
165
139
138
131
93
91
80
75
61
52
50
38
36
35
35
32
30
30
28
28
25
24
24
24
20
20
20
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAKEN:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
9% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
SOULY 5.52 bits
9.2% →
DORSE 5.21 bits
7.0% →
CLARY 5.00 bits
5.9% →
HOIST 5.25 bits
5.9% →
OLDER 4.04 bits
5.6% →
PEARL 4.78 bits
3.9% →
IRONY 4.79 bits
3.9% →
SORAL 4.29 bits
3.4% →
SCIRE 4.33 bits
3.2% →
SEINE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1K5E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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