5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASCON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A cavity, in the form of a bag or tube, lined with choanocytes, that forms the structure of sponges

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 ASCON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASCON 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _S__N S in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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TILDE TABLE TRODE STILE STALE TRIDE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASCON 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASCON ranks #2,448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
18%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
278
184
181
132
118
99
80
76
62
55
53
50
43
39
39
30
26
25
21
21
20
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASCON:

15% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
12% chance
Suggested:
TABLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TILDE 5.99 bits
11.8% →
TABLE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
TRODE 5.11 bits
7.7% →
STILE 5.39 bits
5.6% →
STALE 5.01 bits
5.0% →
TRIDE 5.23 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.31 bits
3.4% →
STORE 4.75 bits
3.2% →
CRATE 4.85 bits
2.6% →
TALER 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1C3O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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