5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AUGEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

Open Solver with AUGEN Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.

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 AUGEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AUGEN 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SLOTH TERSE SOLAR CRUST SURLY
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AUGEN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AUGEN ranks #5,554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
13
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
3 vowels
Common:
AENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

299
297
240
184
157
87
81
69
67
64
51
39
39
35
28
27
26
26
25
25
23
20
19
18
18
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AUGEN:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
TERSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
SLART 5.19 bits
12.6% →
SLOTH 5.62 bits
10.2% →
TERSE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.27 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
3.7% →
CRUST 5.13 bits
3.4% →
SURLY 3.89 bits
2.9% →
SEINE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
CORNY 4.72 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1G2E1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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