5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNWIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌnwɪt//ʌnˈwɪt/

Verb

To deprive of wit.

Noun

Lack of wit or understanding; ignorance.

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 UNWIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNWIT 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,593 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___T U in the 1st position and T in the 5th position U__I_ U in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SOLER SLIER TARTE HAOLE BRAES
Words starting with U Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNWIT 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,593 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNWIT ranks #8,593 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
20
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:
INTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

621
207
200
194
163
91
85
67
62
58
56
49
36
33
31
28
27
25
20
19
19
19
18
15
15
15
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNWIT:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
CARLE 6.25 bits
8.8% →
SOLER 5.11 bits
8.5% →
SLIER 5.28 bits
8.2% →
TARTE 5.61 bits
6.9% →
HAOLE 5.20 bits
3.9% →
BRAES 5.10 bits
3.6% →
SARGE 4.40 bits
2.8% →
SERAL 5.22 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 4.90 bits
2.5% →
SHITE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1W4I1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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