5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TALES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /teɪlz//ˈteɪliːz/

Noun

plural of tale

Noun

A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tale

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 TALES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALES 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 78 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #292 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_ES T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY NOIRE DRONE DRAIN CLOUD NORTH
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.62 Entropy (bits)
78 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALES 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#292 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALES ranks #292 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
93
3 guesses
1,002
4 guesses
1,088
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
15
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:
AELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
34%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
169
108
104
99
90
89
84
83
70
68
67
52
50
49
44
43
37
33
32
31
28
28
28
27
25
25
23
23
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALES:

10% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
7% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
5% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
IRONY 5.45 bits
7.2% →
NOIRE 5.23 bits
4.6% →
DRONE 4.12 bits
4.4% →
DRAIN 5.10 bits
4.2% →
CLOUD 4.74 bits
3.8% →
NORTH 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SCION 4.74 bits
3.6% →
RAYON 4.15 bits
3.5% →
BEARD 4.74 bits
3.0% →
RIONE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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