5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

TRAIN

Yes, TRAIN was the Wordle answer on May 4, 2022 (Wordle #319).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪn/[ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯n][ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯n]

Noun

Elongated or trailing portion.

“Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.”

Noun

Connected sequence of people or things.

Verb

To practice an ability.

“She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.”

Verb

To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

“You can't train a pig to write poetry.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 4, 2022 (#319).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TRAIN performs as a guess

TRAIN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #30 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #17 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___N T in the 1st position and N in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CLOSE SORER SOLDE SIDLE SOULY PALER
Words starting with T Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.56 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRAIN 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#17 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRAIN ranks #17 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
1,093
4 guesses
1,013
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
14
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:
AINRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
35%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I S T
T R A I L
T R A I N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TRAIN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

138 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

269
166
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117
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100
96
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRAIN:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLOSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SORER
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
CLOSE 5.96 bits
7.0% →
SORER 5.12 bits
6.4% →
SOLDE 5.15 bits
5.0% →
SIDLE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
SOULY 5.19 bits
4.2% →
PALER 4.60 bits
4.1% →
CLOSE 4.99 bits
3.9% →
SOUCE 4.95 bits
3.2% →
CLOSE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
SCONE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1A1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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