5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

EATEN

Yes, EATEN was the Wordle answer on March 13, 2026 (Wordle #1728).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiː.tn̩/[ˈiː.tn̩][ˈiː.ʔn̩]

Verb

past participle of eat

Adjective

Having been consumed by eating.

Alternative forms: etten

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: March 13, 2026 (#1728).

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

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How EATEN performs as a guess

EATEN 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,536 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.

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.

E___N E in the 1st position and N in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY CLARY DORSE SHORT BLARE SLART
Words starting with E Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EATEN 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EATEN ranks #6,536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
33%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
E A T E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EATEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
189
186
160
136
113
99
99
72
69
56
54
43
43
39
36
30
29
29
29
27
24
24
20
19
18
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EATEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
8% chance
Suggested:
DORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SOILY 5.59 bits
8.0% →
CLARY 5.10 bits
7.9% →
DORSE 5.15 bits
6.8% →
SHORT 5.53 bits
5.8% →
BLARE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
SOILY 4.95 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 4.03 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 4.22 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.75 bits
2.9% →
PRISE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1T1E1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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