5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TALIK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An area of permanently unfrozen waterlogged soil surrounded by permafrost

Noun

Alternative form of taliq.

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 TALIK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALIK 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,440 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

DORSE SCARE RINSE SHOER SOBER MORNE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALIK 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,440 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALIK ranks #2,440 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
182
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:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
198
192
160
143
116
101
76
75
57
52
48
39
37
36
34
29
27
25
25
23
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18
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17
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALIK:

17% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
DORSE 6.05 bits
8.4% →
SCARE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
RINSE 5.41 bits
6.8% →
SHOER 5.57 bits
6.1% →
SOBER 5.09 bits
4.9% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
4.3% →
CLAME 4.57 bits
3.2% →
SNARE 4.95 bits
3.2% →
SHIRT 4.36 bits
2.4% →
SIDLE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1I1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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