5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

TAKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkɚ/

Noun

One who takes something.

“She is known as quite a risk taker.”

Noun

A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.

“I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.”

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 TAKER performs as a guess

TAKER 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position TA_ER T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE HOIST SLAIN GOURD POISE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAKER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAKER ranks #3,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
12
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A M P L E
T A K E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAKER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
198
129
125
116
102
94
88
87
77
65
64
54
52
50
46
45
41
32
30
30
27
26
25
22
20
19
19
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAKER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
HOIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
8.4% →
SEINE 5.35 bits
5.5% →
HOIST 5.24 bits
5.3% →
SLAIN 5.11 bits
4.9% →
GOURD 4.79 bits
4.3% →
POISE 4.55 bits
4.0% →
SLADE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
SOILY 3.57 bits
3.7% →
SONLY 4.57 bits
3.3% →
BROAD 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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