5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANION

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈænˌaɪ.ən//ˈænˌaɪ.ɑn//ˈænˌaɪ.ɒn/

Noun

A negatively charged ion.

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 ANION performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANION 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,406 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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 _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANION 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#11,406 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANION ranks #11,406 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
39
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
3 vowels
Common:
AINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
365
292
166
145
69
64
60
56
54
52
49
43
36
34
23
22
19
18
16
16
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11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANION:

20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
12% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
15.5% →
SLEER 5.83 bits
12.4% →
STORE 5.23 bits
7.0% →
TILDE 5.02 bits
6.1% →
TRUCE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
LEAST 4.43 bits
2.7% →
TRUCE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
CORAL 4.62 bits
2.4% →
TRAIL 4.64 bits
2.3% →
TRUCE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1I1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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