5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TALAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to the talus.

Noun

An ankle-length robe.

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 TALAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALAR 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,016 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

NOISE HOISE SHINE CRANE SLANE BIOSE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALAR 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,016 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALAR ranks #5,016 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
23
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:
ALRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
236
192
176
105
95
92
86
77
75
52
52
46
46
44
36
36
32
30
26
25
21
21
21
19
17
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALAR:

16% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
NOISE 6.00 bits
10.0% →
NOISE 5.28 bits
8.1% →
NOISE 5.14 bits
7.5% →
HOISE 5.31 bits
4.5% →
SHINE 5.33 bits
4.0% →
NOISE 3.79 bits
3.9% →
CRANE 4.36 bits
3.6% →
SLANE 4.50 bits
3.3% →
BIOSE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
SONCE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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