TRAIN
Yes, TRAIN was the Wordle answer on May 4, 2022 (Wordle #319).
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪn/[ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯n][ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯n]
- Noun
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Elongated or trailing portion.
“Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.”
- Noun
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Connected sequence of people or things.
- Verb
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To practice an ability.
“She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.”
- Verb
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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.
Etymology
From Dutch traan (“tear, drop”), from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”). Compare German Träne (“tear”), Tran (“train oil”).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
One syllable Say it TRAYN.
Rhymes with BRAIN PLANE CHAIN SPAIN PLAIN
Related meanings
Synonyms take school CHECK COACH direct condition
In a sentence
He was on that train.
Who is on the train?
Use TRAIN in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: May 4, 2022 (#319).
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13 recorded appearances in completed main-edition puzzles through . Showing the 5 most recent. A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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· Puzzle #1192
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TRAIN appeared in INSTRUCT (yellow group).
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· Puzzle #795
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TRAIN appeared in COMPONENTS OF A BRIDE’S ENSEMBLE (blue group).
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· Puzzle #780
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TRAIN appeared in INSTRUCT (yellow group).
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· Puzzle #739
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TRAIN appeared in CLASSIC TOYS (blue group).
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· Puzzle #582
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TRAIN appeared in TEACH (yellow group).
How TRAIN performs as a guess
TRAIN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #17 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe TRAIN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches TRAIN in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
TRAIN can come back 138 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for TRAIN; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
Try next
Strategy after playing TRAIN
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to TRAIN.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing TRAIN:
Research on TRAIN
Game-tree analysis and word research for TRAIN, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with TRAIN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.60 guesses and ranks #188 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.72 guesses at best and is rank #59 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.53, at or below the proven-optimal 3.60, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- TRAIN sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 91 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.
- Age of acquisition
- Typically learned around age 6, by Glasgow Norms speaker ratings.
- Imageability
- Imageability score: 83 of 100. Raters found it easy to picture.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Glasgow Norms (CC BY 4.0).