5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TARAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tara

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 TARAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARAS 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,164 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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

CLONE PRIED SPILE LITHE SIENT DRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,164 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARAS ranks #4,164 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
16
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
249
171
135
130
90
88
88
64
57
53
48
45
45
41
40
40
34
33
31
27
26
21
20
19
19
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
11% chance
Suggested:
PRIED
7% chance
Suggested:
SPILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
CLONE 5.92 bits
10.6% →
PRIED 5.09 bits
7.3% →
SPILE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
LITHE 5.09 bits
5.5% →
CLONE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
SIENT 4.43 bits
3.7% →
DRONE 4.40 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
SHULE 4.59 bits
2.4% →
COURE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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