5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TASES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪzɪz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tase

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 TASES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TASES 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,132 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_ES T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD NOIRE ACORN OLDER BLARE NORTH
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TASES 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,132 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TASES ranks #9,132 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
33%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
235
183
156
136
111
108
97
81
66
63
58
43
41
40
38
37
37
31
29
28
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22
18
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TASES:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
COULD 5.57 bits
10.0% →
NOIRE 5.14 bits
7.8% →
ACORN 4.95 bits
6.6% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
5.8% →
BLARE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
NORTH 4.86 bits
4.6% →
RANDY 4.05 bits
4.1% →
SLINK 4.69 bits
3.4% →
PRONE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
HOIST 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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