5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TAWAF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the hajj in Mecca.

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 TAWAF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAWAF 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 367 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,895 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___F T in the 1st position and F in the 5th position T__A_ T in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__F A in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ROUET SNARE SOREL LEAST SENOR
Words starting with T Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
367 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAWAF 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,895 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAWAF ranks #12,895 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
665
4 guesses
1,303
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
17
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:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
268
263
172
91
87
85
85
82
54
34
23
22
22
22
20
19
19
15
14
14
12
11
9
9
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAWAF:

34% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
RIONE 5.94 bits
11.4% →
ROUET 5.40 bits
11.2% →
SNARE 5.28 bits
7.3% →
SOREL 4.81 bits
3.9% →
LEAST 4.83 bits
3.7% →
SENOR 4.78 bits
3.6% →
FILER 4.96 bits
3.6% →
SNORE 5.29 bits
3.5% →
HOISE 4.77 bits
2.3% →
CRUSE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1W4A1F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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