5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ADORN

ADORN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹn//əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/

Verb

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

“a man adorned with noble statuary and columns”

Noun

adornment

Adjective

adorned; ornate

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

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 ADORN performs as a guess

ADORN 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 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #651 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 _D__N D in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADORN 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
0.69 Volatility
#651 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADORN ranks #651 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
17
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
A D O R N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ADORN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
280
196
142
133
105
89
79
75
74
43
42
39
39
38
38
38
35
30
28
24
23
21
20
17
17
16
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADORN:

14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% 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 6.15 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
8.3% →
SUITE 5.39 bits
6.0% →
CASTE 4.80 bits
5.6% →
SEITY 5.22 bits
4.5% →
TUILE 4.79 bits
3.8% →
SHULE 4.67 bits
3.4% →
TUILE 5.20 bits
3.2% →
TORSE 4.30 bits
3.1% →
SALET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2O1R1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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