5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ETTIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛtɪn/

Noun

A giant with two heads.

Noun

A giant.

Alternative forms: etin, etten, eaton, yetun

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 ETTIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETTIN 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,036 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _T__N T in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR SLIMY SEARE ROANY SIDER
Words starting with E Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETTIN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,036 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETTIN ranks #10,036 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
28
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
2 vowels
Common:
EINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
450
128
128
122
115
106
86
61
58
57
42
38
38
37
27
26
24
24
23
22
19
19
14
13
13
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETTIN:

19% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
19% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
5% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SORAL 5.85 bits
19.1% →
SOLAR 5.49 bits
5.4% →
SLIMY 4.70 bits
5.4% →
SORAL 5.38 bits
5.2% →
SEARE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
ROANY 4.90 bits
4.5% →
SIDER 4.63 bits
3.6% →
LAREE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
SORAL 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SHIRT 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1T1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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