5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASPEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæspən/

Adjective

Pertaining to the aspen tree.

Noun

A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

“Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.”

Noun

The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

“She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.”

Adjective

Tremulous, trembling.

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 ASPEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASPEN 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,820 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__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

COURT CLARY TOILE SHOUT TRADE OLDER
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASPEN 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
0.69 Volatility
#2,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASPEN ranks #2,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
11
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)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
210
205
141
141
130
113
91
77
65
63
57
48
46
33
31
31
30
27
26
24
24
22
22
20
19
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASPEN:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
COURT 5.74 bits
8.9% →
CLARY 5.12 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
6.0% →
SHOUT 5.19 bits
6.0% →
TRADE 4.77 bits
5.5% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
4.8% →
COUNT 4.98 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.78 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 4.55 bits
2.8% →
TANGY 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1P3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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