5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AFION

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% 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 AFION performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFION 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,975 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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

Try next

TARSE SLEER STORE TILDE TRUCE SUETE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFION 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFION ranks #6,975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
255
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
3 vowels
Common:
AINO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
328
266
140
125
81
79
59
54
52
50
49
45
44
37
37
32
26
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17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFION:

18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
11% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
13.9% →
SLEER 5.82 bits
11.3% →
STORE 5.24 bits
5.9% →
TILDE 5.03 bits
5.3% →
TRUCE 5.06 bits
3.4% →
SUETE 4.71 bits
3.4% →
LEAST 4.62 bits
2.5% →
CRUSE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
CORAL 4.58 bits
2.2% →
TRAIL 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4I1O1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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