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ASHEN

Yes, ASHEN was the Wordle answer on April 15, 2025 (Wordle #1396).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ.ən/[ˈæʃ.ən] ~ [ˈæʃ.n̩]

Adjective

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

“An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.”

Adjective

Of or resembling ashes.

“A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.”

Verb

To turn into ash; make or become ashy

Verb

To make or become pale

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 15, 2025 (#1396).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ASHEN performs as a guess

ASHEN 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,114 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

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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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__N S in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CARAT OLDER SPOUT DEALT
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASHEN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,114 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASHEN ranks #6,114 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
15
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
23%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
A S H E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ASHEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
203
201
139
137
134
98
93
84
83
65
62
51
49
39
39
38
37
31
31
28
27
27
27
24
23
21
20
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASHEN:

11% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
COULD 5.56 bits
8.6% →
DROLE 5.07 bits
8.5% →
CARAT 5.06 bits
5.9% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
5.8% →
SPOUT 5.14 bits
5.7% →
DEALT 4.85 bits
4.2% →
IRONY 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 5.27 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.46 bits
3.5% →
PORTE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1H4E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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