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5-letter words starting with TA

There are 103 5-letter words starting with TA in the standard word-game list. The most common are taken, table, taste, talks, tanks, tales. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
takenunderstood in a certain way; made sense of9
tablea set of data arranged in rows and columns7
tastethe sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical…5
talksa discussion intended to produce an agreement9
tanksThanks9
talesA person available to fill vacancies in a jury.5
tastypleasing to the sense of taste8
tailsformalwear consisting of full evening dress for men5
tammyplain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and…12
tangoa ballroom dance of Latin-American origin6
takinlarge heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area9
tapedsecured or held in place by tape8
tacky(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch14
tallya score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely8
tabooexcluded from use or mention7
taxisa locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism12
tamedbrought from wildness into a domesticated state8
talona sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey5
tarotany of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and…5
taffychewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy14
takerone who accepts an offer9
taintthe state of being contaminated5
tauntaggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing5
tateran edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland5
tardyafter the expected or usual time; delayed9
tabbyhaving a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats12
tapasA variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and…7
tameran animal trainer who tames wild animals7
taxedSubject to taxation.13
tawnyof a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather11
tabora small drum with one head of soft calfskin7
tansycommon perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting…8
taigaA subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in…6
tarryhaving the characteristics of pitch or tar8
tangytasting sour like a lemon9
talkyfull of trivial conversation12
tapera convex shape that narrows toward a point7
tantoA kind of Japanese dagger or knife.5
tabeswasting of the body during a chronic disease7
tabidPertaining to tabes.8
tablaA pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to…7
tabunthe first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that…7
tacetAn instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.7
tacheMoustache, mustache.10
tacitimplied by or inferred from actions or statements7
tafiaA variety of rum.8
talarRelating to the talus5
talerA talker; a teller5
talukA hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.9
talusa sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff5
tamaldough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed7
tamisA culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.7
tankaa form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven…9
tapirlarge inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and…7
tapisa heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery7
tardoA sloth.6
taredWeighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight.6
targeA small shield.6
tarreTo incite; to provoke; to spur on.5
tasseone of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs5

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