5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ACENE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsiːn/

Noun

Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a rectilinear arrangement of fused benzene rings.

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 ACENE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACENE 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,113 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

A___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLART SOLER CHOIR METAL CHART
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACENE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,113 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACENE ranks #8,113 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
26
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
259
177
126
111
88
86
85
79
74
67
64
57
39
35
35
34
32
30
30
29
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25
21
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17
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACENE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SOILY 5.61 bits
11.0% →
SLART 5.25 bits
7.5% →
SOLER 4.81 bits
5.3% →
SOILY 4.55 bits
4.7% →
CHOIR 5.16 bits
3.7% →
METAL 4.43 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.41 bits
3.6% →
CHART 4.49 bits
3.4% →
SOILY 4.37 bits
3.1% →
UNION 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3E1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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