5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TASKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɑːsks//tæsks/

Noun

plural of task

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of task

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 TASKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TASKS 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,921 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__K_ T in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DROLE ROUET PRONE MORNE ALERT
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TASKS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,921 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TASKS ranks #10,921 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
287
200
173
163
93
85
81
77
53
47
42
31
28
28
26
21
20
19
15
12
12
12
12
9
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TASKS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
RIONE 6.01 bits
12.2% →
DROLE 5.46 bits
8.5% →
ROUET 5.41 bits
7.3% →
PRONE 5.36 bits
6.9% →
MORNE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 4.60 bits
3.6% →
ALERT 4.81 bits
3.4% →
CHARE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
RIONE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1S1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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