5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAROK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Dated form of tarot.

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 TAROK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAROK 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE SLANE CLONE SEINE HEIST BEARD
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAROK 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAROK ranks #2,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,101
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
12
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:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
182
179
164
139
115
114
96
78
66
55
55
44
39
37
36
35
30
27
27
25
22
22
22
21
19
18
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAROK:

14% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SIDLE 6.00 bits
7.7% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
7.6% →
CLONE 5.07 bits
7.0% →
SEINE 4.85 bits
5.9% →
HEIST 5.27 bits
4.9% →
SIDLE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
BEARD 4.57 bits
4.1% →
SOWNE 4.39 bits
3.3% →
LEAST 4.97 bits
2.8% →
SHUTE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1O1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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