5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMAIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪn/

Adverb

With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.

Adverb

At full speed; also, in great haste.

Verb

To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).

Verb

To decrease or reduce (something).

Alternative forms: amaine

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 AMAIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMAIN 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,000 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

SOREL TALER STIRE STURE ROUTE GRISE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMAIN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMAIN ranks #10,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

604
259
255
182
149
107
91
61
49
44
42
39
37
32
32
25
23
18
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMAIN:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
SOREL 6.09 bits
11.0% →
TALER 5.55 bits
10.8% →
STIRE 5.30 bits
7.7% →
STURE 5.04 bits
6.3% →
ROUTE 5.16 bits
4.5% →
GRISE 4.30 bits
3.9% →
POREY 4.79 bits
2.6% →
LOURE 4.67 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 4.81 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3A1I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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