5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TAVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tava

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 TAVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAVAS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position TA_AS T in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE POIRE CRANE ROUET MORNE SHULE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAVAS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAVAS ranks #11,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
324
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
2 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
236
202
192
131
114
82
80
76
59
47
39
33
31
29
23
22
20
19
18
18
15
15
12
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAVAS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
POIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
10.0% →
POIRE 5.33 bits
8.6% →
CRANE 5.31 bits
8.1% →
ROUET 5.33 bits
5.6% →
MORNE 4.71 bits
4.8% →
ROUET 4.80 bits
3.5% →
RIONE 4.90 bits
3.4% →
SHULE 4.41 bits
3.2% →
RENAL 4.59 bits
2.5% →
ALERT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1V4A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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