5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAMON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Spanish dry-cured ham

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 JAMON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAMON 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,204 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

J___N J in the 1st position and N in the 5th position J__O_ J in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST STORE TRICE STILE SIRED
Words starting with J Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAMON 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,204 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAMON ranks #11,204 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
283
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
344
283
183
176
75
74
66
62
55
49
41
36
27
25
25
23
20
15
13
12
11
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10
9
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAMON:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
14.6% →
REAST 5.62 bits
12.0% →
STORE 5.27 bits
7.8% →
TRICE 5.16 bits
7.5% →
STILE 4.87 bits
3.2% →
SIRED 4.48 bits
3.1% →
PRISE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
LEAST 4.35 bits
2.6% →
BLOAT 4.39 bits
2.3% →
PRASE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1M3O1N1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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