5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ACTON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tən/

Noun

Alternative form of aketon.

Noun

Obsolete form of actinon.

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 ACTON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACTON 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__N C in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SILER MARLE DROLE SHIER SERAL SIDEY
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACTON 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACTON ranks #941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
13
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:
ANOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
20%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
277
178
162
113
112
98
79
72
58
51
50
50
40
35
33
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25
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACTON:

15% chance
Suggested:
SILER
12% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SILER 6.05 bits
11.7% →
MARLE 5.32 bits
7.5% →
DROLE 5.21 bits
6.9% →
SHIER 5.67 bits
4.8% →
SERAL 4.94 bits
4.7% →
SIDEY 5.22 bits
4.2% →
SLIER 5.25 bits
3.4% →
CRAME 4.81 bits
3.1% →
SHORE 4.72 bits
2.5% →
SLIDE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3T1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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