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207 five letter words start with TA, and no third letter takes more than about one in seven.
R leads at about fourteen percent, then L, N and B between eight and ten. C and M take six each.
With a spread that shallow, the third letter is rarely the fastest thing to settle here.
TABLE, TAKEN, TAKES, TASKS and TASTE are the most common entries, and they reach five different third letters.
TALKS, TALES, TAPES and TANKS follow close behind, so this group holds more everyday vocabulary than its size suggests.
TAKEN and TAKES differ in the last box, and so do TALES and TALKS. Landing any one of the four hands you a second candidate immediately.
TASTE is the best single opener. It tests S, T and E, which are three of the busiest letters in the last three boxes of this group.
TABLE. Its B and L reach branches that TAKEN does not, and the E ending is common across the whole group.
Yes, it doubles the O across the fourth and fifth boxes. It is one of the few entries here that repeats anything.
TA opens a wide range of unrelated roots rather than one productive family, so nothing accumulates behind a single letter.