5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QURAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

Alternative form of Qur'an.

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 QURAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QURAN 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,413 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.

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

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE STARE SALET SLIME
Words starting with Q Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QURAN 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
0.72 Volatility
#11,413 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QURAN ranks #11,413 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
31
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:
ANRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
328
262
174
151
90
89
83
68
67
57
52
45
42
40
36
34
28
23
20
20
18
16
14
14
14
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QURAN:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
13.9% →
SLATE 5.63 bits
11.1% →
TOISE 5.15 bits
7.4% →
STARE 4.51 bits
6.4% →
TOISE 5.31 bits
3.8% →
SALET 4.40 bits
3.8% →
SLIME 4.20 bits
3.5% →
SOCLE 5.11 bits
2.9% →
CLOTE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
SHOTE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1R1A1N1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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