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TAPER

Yes, TAPER was the Wordle answer on December 18, 2022 (Wordle #547).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪpə//ˈteɪpɚ/

Noun

A slender wax candle.

Noun

A small light.

Verb

To make thinner or narrower at one end.

Verb

To become thinner or narrower at one end.

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: December 18, 2022 (#547).

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

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How TAPER performs as a guess

TAPER 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #285 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 SLADE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.51 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAPER 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#285 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAPER ranks #285 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,068
5 guesses
168
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

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 P E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAPER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
184
127
117
111
91
84
84
79
77
56
55
54
51
46
43
42
33
30
28
27
24
24
23
23
22
21
20
20
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAPER:

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.

11.7% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
7.8% →
SEINE 5.31 bits
5.4% →
SLAIN 5.08 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.18 bits
4.7% →
CRONY 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SLADE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
DORSE 4.47 bits
3.6% →
SONLY 4.61 bits
3.4% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
3.3% →
BOARD 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1P3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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