5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TALUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪləs/

Noun

The bone of the ankle.

Noun

A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Alternative forms: tallus

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 TALUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TALUS 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #619 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE GOIER PRONE MORNE COREY CRANE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TALUS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#619 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TALUS ranks #619 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,038
4 guesses
1,090
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
17
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:
ALSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
179
144
140
120
117
112
106
71
68
58
46
43
41
41
40
39
35
34
33
26
24
24
23
23
21
20
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TALUS:

16% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
DRONE 6.14 bits
7.6% →
DRONE 5.63 bits
6.1% →
GOIER 5.05 bits
5.9% →
PRONE 5.39 bits
5.1% →
MORNE 4.84 bits
5.0% →
COREY 4.79 bits
4.7% →
MORNE 4.73 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.65 bits
3.0% →
SHIER 4.81 bits
2.9% →
PHARE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1L1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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