5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUOIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /k(w)ɔɪn/

Noun

Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.

Noun

The keystone of an arch.

Verb

To wedge or steady with quoins.

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 QUOIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUOIN 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 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,686 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

Q___N Q in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Q__I_ Q in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REAST STILE TALER STARE SALET SADLY
Words starting with Q Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUOIN 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,686 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUOIN ranks #12,686 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
27
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:
INOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

643
287
217
157
124
123
100
97
76
43
40
39
33
31
30
29
20
19
19
18
18
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15
13
12
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11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUOIN:

27% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
REAST 6.13 bits
12.2% →
STILE 5.32 bits
9.2% →
TALER 5.38 bits
6.7% →
STARE 4.68 bits
5.3% →
SALET 5.29 bits
5.2% →
SALET 5.02 bits
4.2% →
SADLY 4.20 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.15 bits
3.2% →
TALER 5.13 bits
1.8% →
SALET 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1I1N1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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