5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tape

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tape

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 TAPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAPES 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,188 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_ES T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD NOIRE ACORN OLDER BLARE NORTH
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.31 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAPES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,188 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAPES ranks #1,188 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
203
162
131
118
98
95
95
66
64
55
53
49
37
36
35
31
31
31
30
30
28
28
27
26
25
22
21
20
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAPES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COULD 5.63 bits
8.6% →
NOIRE 5.15 bits
6.9% →
ACORN 4.98 bits
5.6% →
OLDER 4.22 bits
5.0% →
BLARE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
NORTH 4.89 bits
4.0% →
SHINY 4.69 bits
4.0% →
RANDY 4.08 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
SHIRT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1P3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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