5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

TASER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)//ˈteɪ.zɚ/

Noun

A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

Noun

Any electroshock stun gun.

Verb

To shock a person, thing, individual, or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun.

Verb

To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.

“As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.”

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.

Why this solver ranks TASER highly

This solver ranks TASER highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 73 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #93 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #357 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___R T in the 1st position and R in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position TA_ER T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COULD CLINE CRONY PLAIN SLINK CLADE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.76 Entropy (bits)
73 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.9% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TASER 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#357 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TASER ranks #357 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
148
6 guesses
16
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:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
33%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
150
105
100
88
81
80
78
76
69
67
61
56
51
51
48
41
32
31
31
29
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26
24
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TASER:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
6% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
4% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
6.4% →
CLINE 5.17 bits
4.5% →
CRONY 4.73 bits
4.2% →
PLAIN 4.86 bits
3.7% →
SLINK 4.90 bits
3.4% →
CLADE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
COUNT 4.72 bits
3.3% →
POIRE 4.12 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 3.05 bits
2.9% →
BRAND 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1S1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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