5 FiveLetterWords
Very unlikely Accepted guess F tier for first-turn info

ANANA

ANANA is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ananas.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Use ANANA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 75.3% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ANANA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANANA as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 54.4% of games, misses completely in 45.6%, and leaves about 592 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,759 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _N__A N in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in ANANA.

First-turn measures

All four describe ANANA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

2.94 Entropy (bits)
592 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ANANA 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.70% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#14,759 Rank among openers
Opening with ANANA left 7 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 4.04 average. It ranks #14,759 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
492
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
511
6 guesses
53

Composition

2/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
29%
All gray
46%

When ANANA is useful later

ANANA tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 1 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After STARE: 4 candidates, normal mode

STARE: 02110 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: ATRIA, ATRIP, ATTAR, OTTAR.

With a budget of 5 more guesses, ANANA is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds ANANA

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 7 after. This feedback leaves 7 candidates.

    All 7 surviving candidates

    ABAND, ABUNA, ADUNC, AFANC, AGUNA, ANANA, ANNUM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test ABUNA against the 7 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    7 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ANANA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 2.807 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ANANA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 4 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 7 after. This feedback leaves 7 candidates.

    All 7 surviving candidates

    ABAND, ABUNA, ADUNC, AFANC, AGUNA, ANANA, ANNUM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test ABUNA against the 7 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    7 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ANANA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 2.807 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ANANA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 4 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)73144
CRANE00220 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)8755
SLATE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)21955
ADIEU20000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)25755
STARE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)19244
AUDIO20000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)32466
RAISE01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)59555
ROATE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)40955
SALET01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)74955
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 6 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 6 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 4–6 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

24 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include GONNA, NINJA, ANNOY, ANNAN, INANE, NANNA, ASANA, ANENT, NONNA, ANNAS. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The answer contains 3 copies of A, 2 copies of N. Feedback allocates exact matches before misplaced copies; a grey duplicate does not erase another coloured copy.

The worked board still allows 7 different answers at one later decision: ABAND, ABUNA, ADUNC, AFANC, AGUNA, ANANA, ANNUM. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: ABAND, ABUNA, ADUNC, AFANC, AGUNA, ANANA, ANNUM.

A lesson from this route

Before ABUNA, 7 words still fit. Its feedback left 1; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

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How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

ANANA can come back 41 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1091 answers
330 answers
230 answers
175 answers
116 answers
79 answers
74 answers
57 answers
34 answers
32 answers
17 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
2 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1A1N1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Try next

TOILE LATER STIRE MOIRE TOISE DROLE

Strategy after playing ANANA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ANANA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANANA:

46% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
LATER
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.6% →
TOILE 5.95 bits
13.8% →
LATER 5.36 bits
9.6% →
STIRE 5.07 bits
7.3% →
MOIRE 5.02 bits
4.9% →
TOISE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 4.99 bits
3.1% →
TONER 4.50 bits
2.4% →
TUILE 4.71 bits
1.4% →
MOILE 4.30 bits
1.3% →
STOLE 3.35 bits

Research on ANANA

Game-tree analysis and word research for ANANA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ANANA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 4.04 guesses and ranks #14,785 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.25 guesses at best and is rank #7,430 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 4.04, at or below the proven-optimal 4.04, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
ANANA sits in the rare band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).