5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UNTIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove the tin (metal) from.

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 UNTIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNTIN 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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 U__I_ U in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SERAL SLIER SOLER DROLE SHIRE
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNTIN 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNTIN ranks #11,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
34
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
20%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
248
219
209
116
89
80
76
68
62
62
41
33
33
31
21
21
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17
16
15
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12
11
9
9
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6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNTIN:

30% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
10.5% →
SERAL 5.72 bits
9.3% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
8.9% →
SOLER 5.11 bits
4.9% →
DROLE 5.17 bits
3.8% →
SHIRE 4.80 bits
3.4% →
SHORE 4.75 bits
3.2% →
GRISE 4.33 bits
2.9% →
SERAL 4.71 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1T1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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