5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNAGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of sushi made from freshwater eel.

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 UNAGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNAGI 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,962 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

U___I U in the 1st position and I in the 5th position _N__I N in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TALER STILE SOLER SHORE DORSE
Words starting with U Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNAGI 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,962 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNAGI ranks #9,962 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
19
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:
AINU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
313
283
203
198
104
77
68
67
49
36
35
31
30
29
27
27
25
22
19
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12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNAGI:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SOREL 5.84 bits
13.3% →
TALER 5.64 bits
12.0% →
STILE 5.34 bits
8.6% →
SOLER 5.22 bits
8.4% →
SHORE 5.06 bits
4.4% →
DORSE 5.02 bits
3.3% →
SONCE 4.43 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.47 bits
2.8% →
SOREL 4.66 bits
2.1% →
SHOTE 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1A1G2I1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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