5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JOTUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊtʊn//ˈjoʊtʊn//ˈjoʊtən/

Noun

A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.

Alternative forms: jötun, Jötun, jotunn, Jotunn

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 JOTUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOTUN 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 71.7% of games, misses completely in 28.3%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,271 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__U_ J in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE REAST LAIDE SACRE SURLY MARLE
Words starting with J Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOTUN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,271 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOTUN ranks #11,271 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
23
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:
NOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

667
272
179
175
170
135
59
59
56
54
47
46
45
42
37
31
29
22
19
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOTUN:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.3% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
11.5% →
REAST 5.70 bits
7.6% →
LAIDE 5.23 bits
7.4% →
SACRE 5.19 bits
7.2% →
SURLY 4.82 bits
5.7% →
MARLE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
SERAL 4.37 bits
2.4% →
SALET 4.53 bits
2.3% →
SLIER 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1T1U1N1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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