5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PWNED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əʊnd//pəʊnd//pəʔˈəʊnd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of pwn

Alternative forms: pwnt, pwnd, pwn3d

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 PWNED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PWNED 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,813 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.

P___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P 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

ROAST SLART SAINT SOLAR RAINE DAILY
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PWNED 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
0.67 Volatility
#4,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PWNED ranks #4,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
7
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
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
380
168
139
90
80
78
78
66
53
49
44
40
40
35
26
23
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22
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PWNED:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.89 bits
7.1% →
SAINT 5.47 bits
5.9% →
SOLAR 4.56 bits
3.8% →
SLART 5.31 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
DAILY 4.91 bits
3.3% →
GEARE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.39 bits
2.2% →
SOILY 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3W4N1E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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