5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

TAMER

TAMER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪmɚ/

Noun

One who tames or subdues.

Adjective

comparative form of tame: more tame

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

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 TAMER performs as a guess

TAMER 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #638 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___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position TA_ER T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLAIN HOIST CRONY POISE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAMER 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#638 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAMER ranks #638 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
12
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A M P L E
T A M E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAMER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
191
120
119
116
96
91
85
76
74
63
58
53
50
46
44
40
38
31
28
26
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAMER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.40 bits
5.1% →
SLAIN 4.98 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.15 bits
4.9% →
CRONY 4.68 bits
4.1% →
POISE 4.54 bits
3.9% →
SLADE 4.72 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.64 bits
3.2% →
BRAND 4.19 bits
3.1% →
SONLY 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1M3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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