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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

TALON

Yes, TALON was the Wordle answer on February 14, 2024 (Wordle #970).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtælən/

Noun

A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

Noun

One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 14, 2024 (#970).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TALON performs as a guess

TALON is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #68 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SIRED SCARE CORSE SLIER SHIER SIDEY
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALON 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#68 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALON ranks #68 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,087
4 guesses
1,034
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
14
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:
ALNOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
T A L O N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TALON in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

284
173
165
139
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120
97
90
72
68
56
56
48
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36
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALON:

12% chance
Suggested:
SIRED
7% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
7% chance
Suggested:
CORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SIRED 5.90 bits
7.3% →
SCARE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
CORSE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
SLIER 5.13 bits
5.5% →
SHIER 5.35 bits
5.1% →
SIDEY 5.17 bits
4.1% →
CLAME 4.62 bits
3.8% →
SERRY 4.25 bits
3.1% →
ROOST 4.68 bits
2.9% →
SHARE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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