5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UNOWN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 UNOWN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNOWN 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 61.5% of games, misses completely in 38.5%, and leaves about 436 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,418 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___N U in the 1st position and N in the 5th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLATE TALER TIARE STARE REAST
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
436 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNOWN 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,418 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNOWN ranks #13,418 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
654
4 guesses
1,306
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
19%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

909
266
236
163
153
93
56
55
52
49
42
30
29
25
22
16
16
15
13
12
9
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNOWN:

39% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
TARSE 6.27 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.17 bits
10.0% →
TALER 5.39 bits
6.9% →
TIARE 5.11 bits
6.5% →
STARE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
REAST 5.42 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.21 bits
2.3% →
SAGER 4.81 bits
2.2% →
GOIER 4.27 bits
2.1% →
SHALT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1O1W4N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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