5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TATER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪtə//ˈteɪtɚ/

Noun

A potato.

“We ate them taters up real good.”

Noun

A home run.

Alternative forms: tader, 'tater

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 TATER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TATER 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___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

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SOILY SEINE SLAIN CRONY SLADE POISE
Words starting with T Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TATER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TATER ranks #6,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
215
152
135
109
107
107
94
91
87
70
58
55
48
46
44
34
31
30
23
22
21
20
20
18
18
17
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TATER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
9.1% →
SEINE 5.37 bits
6.4% →
SLAIN 5.10 bits
5.7% →
CRONY 4.71 bits
4.6% →
SLADE 4.65 bits
4.5% →
POISE 4.51 bits
4.5% →
SNOUT 5.00 bits
4.0% →
SONLY 4.63 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
3.7% →
BRAND 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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