5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TARNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɑː(ɹ)nz/

Noun

plural of tarn

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 TARNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARNS 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #38 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE DECOR CLAME SPILE LITHE BRACE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARNS 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#38 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARNS ranks #38 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,092
4 guesses
1,062
5 guesses
120
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANRST

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

281
197
131
124
114
104
103
75
69
62
49
48
45
44
39
37
37
35
33
33
32
31
27
27
26
24
23
22
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARNS:

12% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
DECOR
6% chance
Suggested:
CLAME

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
MOILE 5.87 bits
8.4% →
DECOR 4.88 bits
5.6% →
CLAME 5.33 bits
5.3% →
SPILE 5.37 bits
4.8% →
MOILE 5.04 bits
4.4% →
LITHE 5.17 bits
4.4% →
BRACE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
STIPE 4.43 bits
2.9% →
COLEY 4.23 bits
2.6% →
SHULE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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