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ACORN

Yes, ACORN was the Wordle answer on August 15, 2024 (Wordle #1153).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn//ˈeɪkɚn//ˈeɪ.kɔːn/

Noun

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

Noun

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Alternative forms: achorn

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 15, 2024 (#1153).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ACORN performs as a guess

ACORN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #604 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__N C in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SUITE TARSE SEITY TUILE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACORN 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#604 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACORN ranks #604 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,039
4 guesses
1,041
5 guesses
180
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:
ANOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
A C O R N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ACORN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
246
186
129
120
108
81
75
73
71
68
50
47
43
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35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACORN:

14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
STILE 6.17 bits
10.4% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
7.9% →
SUITE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
TARSE 4.57 bits
5.1% →
SEITY 5.28 bits
4.6% →
TUILE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
SHIEL 5.04 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.60 bits
3.1% →
SORER 4.13 bits
3.0% →
LEAST 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3O1R1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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