5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AWKIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 AWKIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AWKIN 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,650 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _W__N W in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET TARSE STILE ROUTE TONEY SALET
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWKIN 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,650 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWKIN ranks #10,650 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
293
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
18%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
456
235
127
90
75
71
71
54
52
46
37
37
30
30
28
24
20
20
19
19
16
13
13
13
11
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWKIN:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROUET 6.08 bits
19.3% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
10.0% →
STILE 5.28 bits
5.4% →
ROUTE 5.23 bits
3.8% →
TONEY 4.46 bits
3.2% →
SALET 4.38 bits
3.0% →
ROUET 4.72 bits
3.0% →
BLORE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
WORLD 4.71 bits
2.2% →
CRUSE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4K5I1N1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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