5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLAWN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A flan (custard-based dessert)

Noun

A pancake or hotcake.

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 FLAWN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAWN 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,607 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

F___N F in the 1st position and N in the 5th position F__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CARTE TOISE SILER STIRE TARSE
Words starting with F Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAWN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,607 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAWN ranks #6,607 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
7
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
269
209
177
145
119
67
67
59
47
41
36
34
31
28
27
27
26
22
22
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAWN:

26% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
11.4% →
CARTE 5.43 bits
8.9% →
TOISE 5.54 bits
7.5% →
SILER 4.95 bits
6.1% →
STIRE 5.08 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.24 bits
2.8% →
SOUCE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
SHORE 5.06 bits
2.0% →
URITE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1W4N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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