5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ɡən/

Noun

A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of southwestern Morocco, particularly prized for its oil.

Noun

Fruit of this tree.

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 ARGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARGAN 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,660 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SOREL SLATE TOISE MATEY SPICE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARGAN 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,660 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARGAN ranks #7,660 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
271
266
178
123
121
63
62
56
52
43
39
38
37
34
25
21
20
19
18
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARGAN:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
11.5% →
SOREL 5.12 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
7.5% →
TOISE 5.32 bits
5.2% →
MATEY 4.38 bits
5.1% →
SPICE 4.87 bits
2.7% →
CASTE 4.30 bits
2.6% →
SOLDE 4.99 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1G2A1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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