5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ADAWN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ADAWN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADAWN 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,999 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__W_ A in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _D__N D in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE LATER TOISE CRISE DRIED SHOER
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADAWN 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,999 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADAWN ranks #11,999 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
24%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
292
222
182
163
70
53
50
50
47
41
37
30
30
21
20
20
19
18
12
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADAWN:

34% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
TORSE 6.11 bits
12.4% →
LATER 5.49 bits
9.4% →
TOISE 5.49 bits
7.7% →
CRISE 5.14 bits
6.9% →
DRIED 5.35 bits
3.0% →
SHOER 5.31 bits
2.2% →
BLORE 4.83 bits
2.1% →
SOLER 4.73 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 4.14 bits
2.0% →
DELAY 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2A1W4N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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