TA up front leaves 265 words. TABBY, TABLE, TABOO lead them, and 23 sit on the answer list.
3 words here are both everyday English and still able to be the solution. Those are the ones to guess first.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 265 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- TALES: takes 265 down to 115 at worst.
- TAKES: down to 122.
- TANKS: down to 128.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on S more than any other letter: 63 words, about a quarter of the set. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (82), R (62) and E (60). 10 words out of 265 would pass unnoticed in conversation. That thin share is why the letter counts above matter more here than the list itself.
Best 5 Letter Words Starting with TA
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- TABBY
- TABLE
- TABOO
- TACIT
- TACKY
- TAFFY
- TAINT
- TAKEN
- TAKER
- TALLY
- TALON
- TAMER
- TANGO
- TANGY
- TAPER
- TAPIR
- TARDY
- TAROT
- TASTE
- TASTY
- TATTY
- TAUNT
- TAWNY
- TAKES
- TALES
- TALKS
- TANKS
- TAPES
- TASKS
- TAXES
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in A
- TAATA
- TABLA
- TACCA
- TAFIA
- TAGMA
- TAGUA
- TAHUA
- TAIGA
- TAIRA
- TALEA
- TALMA
- TALPA
- TAMPA
- TANGA
- TANHA
- TANIA
- TANKA
- TANNA
- TANOA
- TANYA
- TAPIA
- TAPOA
- TAPPA
- TAQUA
- TAREA
- TARFA
- TARGA
- TARKA
- TASCA
- TASSA
- TATTA
- TAULA
- TAYRA
- TAZIA
- TAZZA
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in D
- TABID
- TAKED
- TALED
- TAMED
- TAPED
- TARED
- TASED
- TAULD
- TAWED
- TAXED
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in E
- TABLE
- TASTE
- TACHE
- TAISE
- TANTE
- TARDE
- TARGE
- TARIE
- TARRE
- TARSE
- TARTE
- TARVE
- TASSE
- TATIE
- TAUBE
- TAUPE
- TAWIE
- TAWSE
- TAZZE
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in I
- TACHI
- TAIPI
- TAKHI
- TALLI
- TANGI
- TANTI
- TARAI
- TARMI
- TARRI
- TARSI
- TAULI
- TAURI
- TAWAI
- TAWGI
- TAWPI
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in L
- TABEL
- TAGAL
- TAGEL
- TAHIL
- TAMAL
- TAMIL
- TAMUL
- TAPUL
- TAXOL
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in N
- TAKEN
- TALON
- TABUN
- TACAN
- TAHIN
- TAIRN
- TAKIN
- TAMIN
- TANAN
- TAPEN
- TARIN
- TAUON
- TAXIN
- TAXON
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in O
- TABOO
- TANGO
- TACHO
- TACSO
- TAIKO
- TAINO
- TAIPO
- TAKAO
- TALAO
- TALIO
- TAMBO
- TANTO
- TARDO
- TASCO
- TASSO
- TASTO
- TATOO
- TAUPO
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in R
- TAKER
- TAMER
- TAPER
- TAPIR
- TABER
- TABOR
- TAHAR
- TAKAR
- TAKYR
- TALAR
- TALER
- TASAR
- TASER
- TATAR
- TATER
- TAVER
- TAWER
- TAXER
- TAXIR
- TAXOR
- TAYER
- TAYIR
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in S
- TAKES
- TALES
- TALKS
- TANKS
- TAPES
- TASKS
- TAXES
- TAALS
- TABES
- TABIS
- TABLS
- TABOS
- TABUS
- TACES
- TACHS
- TACKS
- TACOS
- TACTS
- TAELS
- TAGUS
- TAHAS
- TAHRS
- TAIGS
- TAILS
- TAINS
- TAITS
- TAJES
- TAKAS
- TAKIS
- TALAS
- TALCS
- TALIS
- TALLS
- TALUS
- TAMAS
- TAMES
- TAMIS
- TAMPS
- TAMUS
- TANAS
- TANGS
- TANHS
- TAPAS
- TAPIS
- TAPUS
- TARAS
- TARDS
- TARES
- TARNS
- TAROS
- TARPS
- TARTS
- TASES
- TATES
- TATHS
- TATTS
- TATUS
- TAUTS
- TAVAS
- TAWAS
- TAWTS
- TAXIS
- TAXUS
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in T
- TACIT
- TAINT
- TAROT
- TAUNT
- TABET
- TABUT
- TACET
- TAKHT
- TAPET
- TAPIT
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in Y
- TABBY
- TACKY
- TAFFY
- TALLY
- TANGY
- TARDY
- TASTY
- TATTY
- TAWNY
- TAGGY
- TAILY
- TAKKY
- TALCY
- TALKY
- TAMMY
- TANDY
- TANKY
- TANNY
- TANSY
- TANTY
- TANZY
- TARRY
- TARTY
- TARZY
- TAUTY
- TAVOY
- TAWPY
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in C, F, G and other letters
- TABAC
- TABIC
- TAROC
- TARAF
- TAWAF
- TABOG
- TADAH
- TAICH
- TAISH
- TAVAH
- TAJIK
- TALAK
- TALCK
- TALIK
- TALUK
- TANAK
- TAROK
- TALAQ
- TAREQ
- TAHOU
- TANSU
- TARAU
- TATOU
Part of: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- TAWSE: A leather strap for punishing children.
- TAPPA: The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
- TASSE: One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
- TAPIS: A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery.
- TABES: Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
- TAIRA: Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America.
- TALKY: Full of trivial conversation.
- TANKA: A Tibetan religious painting on fabric.
- TATTY: Tastelessly showy. It is on the answer list.
- TANGA: 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble.
- TALUS: A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.
- TARRY: Be about.
- TAXON: Animal or plant group having natural relations.
- TAUPE: A greyish brown.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer start with TA?
Yes. TAKEN, TABLE and TASTE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. TASTE and TASKS are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is TABIS really a word?
Yes. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
TAKEN. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. TAZZE and TAYRA are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.