5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TALLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tall

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 TALLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALLS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,673 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DRONE NOIRE ROUET GOIER MORNE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALLS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,673 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALLS ranks #4,673 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
194
191
164
140
127
101
97
79
75
54
43
42
37
31
30
25
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALLS:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
RIONE 6.12 bits
8.2% →
DRONE 5.60 bits
8.1% →
NOIRE 5.44 bits
7.0% →
ROUET 5.37 bits
5.9% →
GOIER 5.00 bits
5.4% →
MORNE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
ROUET 4.87 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 4.64 bits
3.4% →
PHARE 4.65 bits
3.2% →
RIONE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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