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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TAUNT

Yes, TAUNT was the Wordle answer on September 6, 2022 (Wordle #444).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɔːnt//tɔnt//tɑnt/

Verb

To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Noun

A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.

Adjective

Very high or tall.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 6, 2022 (#444).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TAUNT performs as a guess

TAUNT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,483 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___T T in the 1st position and T in the 5th position T__N_ T in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER PEARL SILER SOREL SHIER SLIER
Words starting with T Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAUNT 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,483 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAUNT ranks #7,483 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
24
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:
ANTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
D O U G H
J E T T Y
T A U N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TAUNT in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
309
152
150
143
97
85
65
62
62
58
50
50
44
35
34
30
26
22
21
20
20
13
13
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAUNT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
PEARL
6% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
13.1% →
PEARL 5.40 bits
6.4% →
SILER 5.14 bits
6.4% →
SOREL 4.76 bits
6.1% →
SILER 4.82 bits
4.1% →
SHIER 5.07 bits
3.6% →
SLIER 5.18 bits
2.8% →
ALOSE 4.59 bits
2.6% →
GORSE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
CLOSE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1U1N1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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