5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TARPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tarp

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 TARPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARPS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #99 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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__P_ T in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE DECOR ALANE SHINE LITHE BEARD
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARPS 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#99 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARPS ranks #99 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
131
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
205
160
128
118
117
95
74
60
50
49
49
48
41
40
39
39
38
37
37
28
27
27
22
22
21
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARPS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
DECOR
7% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
CLONE 5.94 bits
8.7% →
DECOR 4.95 bits
6.8% →
ALANE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
SHINE 5.18 bits
5.0% →
LITHE 5.06 bits
5.0% →
BEARD 4.82 bits
4.0% →
CLINE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SHINE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
SHULE 4.85 bits
2.1% →
CLOTE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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