5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ELSIN

ELSIN 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: /ˈɛlzɪn/

Noun

A shoemaker's awl.

Alternative forms: elsen

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 ELSIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELSIN 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,829 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.

E___N E in the 1st position and N in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REATE COURT SHART STRAE LOYAL DAUNT
Words starting with E Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELSIN 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
0.70 Volatility
#1,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELSIN ranks #1,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
21
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:
EILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

309
282
133
124
105
104
95
89
75
60
55
50
48
44
43
42
36
32
32
28
27
25
24
23
22
21
21
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELSIN:

13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
6% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
REATE 5.50 bits
12.0% →
COURT 5.78 bits
5.6% →
SHART 5.33 bits
5.3% →
STRAE 4.89 bits
4.5% →
REATE 4.67 bits
4.4% →
LOYAL 4.86 bits
4.0% →
DAUNT 4.92 bits
3.8% →
MIRTH 4.63 bits
3.2% →
TRIED 4.58 bits
2.5% →
DEARE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1S1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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