5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TALAQ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tæˈlɑːk/

Noun

An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.

Verb

To divorce somebody by these means.

Alternative forms: talak

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 TALAQ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALAQ 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 306 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,975 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

RIONE ROUET SLIER CRANE CORSE SLANE
Words starting with T Words ending with Q

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
306 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALAQ 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALAQ ranks #12,975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
30
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:
ALT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
262
243
201
136
98
87
74
57
56
52
45
37
37
24
21
19
17
17
12
12
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALAQ:

30% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
10% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
RIONE 6.11 bits
11.1% →
ROUET 5.41 bits
10.3% →
SLIER 5.04 bits
8.5% →
CRANE 5.39 bits
5.8% →
CORSE 4.80 bits
4.2% →
SLANE 4.47 bits
3.7% →
SHOER 4.99 bits
3.1% →
SENOR 4.68 bits
2.4% →
MOILE 4.34 bits
2.4% →
SINCE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1A1Q10
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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