5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OWNED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əʊnd//oʊnd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of own

Adjective

Having an owner who is part of a specified group.

“black-owned; veteran-owned; woman-owned”

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 OWNED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OWNED 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,481 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D O in the 1st position and D in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _W__D W in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR SAINT PROSE RAILE ARENE
Words starting with O Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OWNED 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,481 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OWNED ranks #5,481 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
10
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

463
379
267
142
129
78
71
64
60
53
48
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OWNED:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SLART 6.01 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.95 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.30 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.52 bits
5.5% →
SAINT 5.38 bits
3.3% →
PROSE 4.52 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.7% →
ARENE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.39 bits
2.2% →
DAILY 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1W4N1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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