5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TARKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/

Noun

Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.

Alternative forms: tadka

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 TARKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARKA 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,478 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE SOLED HEIST SLANE CRANE SONLY
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARKA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,478 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARKA ranks #9,478 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
19
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:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
278
219
188
127
111
87
82
72
54
50
49
48
31
27
27
26
23
22
20
19
16
15
14
14
14
12
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARKA:

23% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOLED
9% chance
Suggested:
HEIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
MOILE 5.89 bits
11.8% →
SOLED 4.93 bits
9.3% →
HEIST 5.34 bits
8.0% →
SLANE 5.51 bits
5.4% →
CRANE 4.56 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.54 bits
3.7% →
LEAST 4.96 bits
3.5% →
SOUCE 4.92 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.46 bits
2.3% →
SINCE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1K5A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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