5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OUTEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtən/

Preposition

Out; out of; out from.

Adjective

Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.

“an outen man”

Verb

To put out; extinguish.

Alternative forms: out'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

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 OUTEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUTEN 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

O___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CLARY LEARE COLOR ARIEL SHART SHIRT
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUTEN 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#5,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUTEN ranks #5,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
26
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
3 vowels
Common:
ENOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
29%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
273
193
125
120
119
90
80
75
70
67
49
45
37
36
35
34
31
30
26
24
24
23
23
22
21
20
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUTEN:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
CLARY 5.69 bits
11.6% →
LEARE 5.50 bits
8.2% →
COLOR 5.13 bits
5.3% →
ARIEL 4.15 bits
5.1% →
SHART 5.08 bits
5.0% →
SHIRT 5.40 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.73 bits
3.4% →
SADLY 4.13 bits
3.2% →
SORAL 4.64 bits
3.0% →
BROSE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1T1E1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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