5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ARENA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈɹiːnə/[əˈɹʷɪi̯nə]

Noun

An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

“A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.”

Noun

The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.

“The arena is grey with white beams.”

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 ARENA performs as a guess

ARENA 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,650 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___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 _R__A R in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLATY SOREE STALE COURT
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARENA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#8,650 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARENA ranks #8,650 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
30
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:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
A R E N A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARENA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
213
176
172
137
111
89
85
82
71
69
66
64
47
46
37
35
32
31
22
21
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARENA:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SOILY 5.61 bits
9.0% →
TOILE 5.55 bits
7.5% →
SLATY 5.21 bits
7.3% →
SOREE 4.46 bits
5.8% →
STALE 4.92 bits
4.7% →
COURT 5.05 bits
3.8% →
COAST 4.28 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.24 bits
3.5% →
TONIC 4.84 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1E1N1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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