5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ARSON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsən//ˈɑːsən/

Noun

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

“carry out an arson attack”

Verb

To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.

Noun

A saddlebow.

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 ARSON performs as a guess

ARSON 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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 _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TILDE DEALT CLOTE REBEL TUILE STILE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARSON 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARSON ranks #722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,011
4 guesses
1,085
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
A R S O N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARSON in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

263
200
135
132
112
112
112
104
73
71
64
60
57
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARSON:

11% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
6% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
TILDE 5.94 bits
8.5% →
DEALT 5.24 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.85 bits
5.6% →
REBEL 4.74 bits
4.7% →
TUILE 5.08 bits
4.7% →
STILE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
TARRE 4.49 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.92 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
ROWER 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1S1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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