5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TALUK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.

Alternative forms: talook, talooka, taluka, taluq

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 TALUK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALUK 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,151 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE CRANE SHIER SLIER MORNE SNARE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALUK 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,151 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALUK ranks #4,151 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
195
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:
ALTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
217
182
163
137
132
114
81
63
61
48
47
42
42
42
34
32
29
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24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALUK:

20% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
NOIRE 6.08 bits
9.2% →
CRANE 5.42 bits
7.7% →
SHIER 5.53 bits
6.9% →
SLIER 5.02 bits
5.8% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
5.6% →
MORNE 4.75 bits
4.8% →
CRANE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
SNARE 4.91 bits
2.7% →
SHIRE 4.96 bits
2.6% →
SONCE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1U1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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