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GIVEN

Yes, GIVEN was the Wordle answer on October 22, 2023 (Wordle #855).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/[ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩]

Verb

past participle of give

Preposition

Considering; taking into account.

“Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.”

Noun

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

“When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.”

Adjective

Already arranged.

“If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.”

Alternative forms: giv'n

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: October 22, 2023 (#855).

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

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How GIVEN performs as a guess

GIVEN 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,696 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

G___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SOLAR COAST TARSE ARENE SALTY
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIVEN 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,696 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIVEN ranks #7,696 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
17
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
G I V E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GIVEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

567
378
175
161
127
78
70
67
51
40
38
36
36
27
25
23
22
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21
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIVEN:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLART 6.00 bits
16.0% →
SLART 5.95 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.42 bits
6.8% →
SOLAR 4.61 bits
5.4% →
COAST 5.10 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.48 bits
3.0% →
ARENE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.18 bits
1.7% →
SCARY 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1V4E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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