5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASTUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To astonish.

Alternative forms: astone

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 ASTUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASTUN 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,215 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _S__N S in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE PROLE DRICE THEIR CURLY
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASTUN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,215 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASTUN ranks #2,215 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
18
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:
ANSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
19%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
289
145
128
128
120
103
82
81
63
56
53
43
41
41
39
39
34
33
31
29
22
21
21
19
19
17
17
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASTUN:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
PROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
DROLE 6.13 bits
12.3% →
CARLE 5.59 bits
6.1% →
PROLE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
DRICE 5.22 bits
5.4% →
THEIR 5.41 bits
5.1% →
CURLY 4.74 bits
4.4% →
SHALE 4.74 bits
3.5% →
CARLE 4.76 bits
3.4% →
STIRE 4.61 bits
2.7% →
CARLE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1T1U1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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