5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TARGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɑːd͡ʒ//tɑɹd͡ʒ/

Noun

A small shield.

Noun

A pendant or tassel.

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 TARGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARGE 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 88 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #506 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position T__G_ T in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY CLAIM OLDEN HOIST SLICE CROWD
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.56 Entropy (bits)
88 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARGE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARGE ranks #506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
10
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
39%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
134
130
128
117
104
94
79
74
67
54
50
48
43
43
39
37
33
32
32
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29
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARGE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
CLAIM
6% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
5.7% →
CLAIM 5.06 bits
5.5% →
OLDEN 4.94 bits
5.4% →
SOILY 3.85 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.13 bits
4.4% →
SLICE 4.66 bits
4.0% →
CROWD 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SONLY 4.72 bits
3.1% →
BRAND 4.23 bits
2.8% →
SLEET 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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