5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TAXIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæksɪs//ˈtæksiz/

Noun

The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

Noun

The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi

Alternative forms: taxies

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 TAXIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TAXIS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CLINE PROLE MORNE ROUET CHARE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TAXIS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TAXIS ranks #8,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
263
210
161
148
108
96
81
74
71
69
49
49
47
46
37
36
26
24
24
22
21
19
18
14
13
11
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TAXIS:

20% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
DROLE 5.93 bits
11.2% →
DROLE 5.45 bits
8.9% →
CLINE 5.14 bits
6.8% →
PROLE 5.22 bits
6.3% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
4.6% →
ROUET 5.33 bits
4.1% →
CHARE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
ROUET 4.67 bits
3.1% →
SPINE 4.64 bits
3.0% →
ALERT 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1X8I1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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