5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TAPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæpæs//-pəs//ˈtæpəs/

Noun

A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.

Noun

(The practice of) asceticism and self-discipline.

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 TAPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAPAS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,861 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_AS T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE DROLE RIONE ROUET MORNE COURE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAPAS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,861 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAPAS ranks #5,861 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
27%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
196
187
181
134
97
97
73
72
65
54
54
44
39
29
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAPAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
NOIRE 5.98 bits
8.3% →
DROLE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
7.7% →
ROUET 5.40 bits
5.7% →
MORNE 4.78 bits
4.1% →
COURE 5.08 bits
4.1% →
ROUET 4.80 bits
3.1% →
RIONE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SHULE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1P3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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