5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TAUON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊɑn/

Noun

An unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos.

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 TAUON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAUON 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,013 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__O_ T in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SILER SCARE DROLE SMILE SHIRT SIDEY
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAUON 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,013 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAUON ranks #2,013 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
992
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
16
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ANOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
249
197
127
119
118
97
92
59
52
51
48
47
43
40
35
32
32
31
24
23
22
22
20
19
19
19
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAUON:

13% chance
Suggested:
SILER
11% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SILER 5.87 bits
10.6% →
SCARE 5.36 bits
8.4% →
DROLE 5.17 bits
5.4% →
SILER 4.72 bits
5.0% →
SMILE 4.78 bits
5.0% →
SHIRT 5.12 bits
4.1% →
SIDEY 4.85 bits
3.9% →
SERAL 4.89 bits
2.5% →
MORSE 4.62 bits
2.2% →
CRINE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1U1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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