5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TATUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tatu

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 TATUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TATUS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,825 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE LEARN SPINE CLONE MORNE GOIER
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TATUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,825 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TATUS ranks #9,825 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
28
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:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
302
178
165
165
100
93
82
62
57
51
47
38
37
32
28
24
23
21
20
16
16
14
12
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TATUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
8% chance
Suggested:
SPINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
DROLE 6.01 bits
12.8% →
LEARN 5.46 bits
7.5% →
SPINE 5.35 bits
7.0% →
CLONE 4.86 bits
7.0% →
MORNE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
GOIER 4.91 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.62 bits
3.5% →
SLIER 4.64 bits
2.6% →
GLARE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
SHULE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1T1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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