Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

TASAR

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

No dictionary definition for TASAR is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use TASAR in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How TASAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TASAR 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe TASAR used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.90 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How TASAR 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#4,690 Rank among openers
Opening with TASAR left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It ranks #4,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

TASAR can come back 96 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

447 answers
209 answers
164 answers
137 answers
130 answers
99 answers
90 answers
83 answers
79 answers
69 answers
64 answers
56 answers
46 answers
41 answers
41 answers
40 answers
36 answers
32 answers
30 answers
29 answers
29 answers
26 answers
23 answers
21 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1S1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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

Strategy after playing TASAR

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to TASAR.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TASAR:

19% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
CLONE 5.91 bits
8.8% →
CRONE 5.04 bits
6.9% →
CLINE 5.25 bits
5.7% →
LITHE 5.11 bits
5.5% →
CLONE 5.37 bits
4.2% →
MOILE 3.80 bits
3.8% →
CLINE 4.57 bits
3.5% →
DRICE 4.38 bits
3.3% →
STIPE 4.31 bits
2.9% →
SHULE 4.61 bits

Research on TASAR

Game-tree analysis and word research for TASAR, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with TASAR, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,368 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with TASAR can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).