5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JETON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A counter or token.

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 JETON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JETON 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,514 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SCALY ARISE CORAL SHIRT SAREE SAUCY
Words starting with J Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JETON 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,514 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JETON ranks #10,514 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
29
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:
ENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
349
172
157
136
127
120
115
80
79
59
51
48
43
37
27
25
25
23
22
20
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19
16
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12
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JETON:

17% chance
Suggested:
SCALY
15% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
7% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SCALY 5.68 bits
14.8% →
ARISE 5.33 bits
7.3% →
CORAL 5.15 bits
6.7% →
SHIRT 5.45 bits
5.8% →
SAREE 4.87 bits
5.4% →
SAUCY 4.87 bits
5.1% →
LEARE 4.73 bits
4.9% →
DORSE 4.45 bits
3.4% →
SHORT 4.64 bits
3.4% →
ANISE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1T1O1N1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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