5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UNWON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Not won.

“After six weeks of incorrect competition entries, the prize was still unwon.”

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 UNWON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNWON 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 447 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,681 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__O_ U in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ROATE SLATE TIARE SHARE TALER
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
447 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNWON 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,681 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNWON ranks #13,681 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
360
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
15%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

909
312
266
163
93
77
70
69
55
49
42
21
20
18
16
16
15
14
13
13
9
8
8
8
8
8
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNWON:

39% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
TARSE 6.27 bits
13.2% →
ROATE 5.13 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.17 bits
6.9% →
TIARE 5.11 bits
3.9% →
SHARE 5.53 bits
3.3% →
TALER 4.62 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 4.54 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.50 bits
2.3% →
SAGER 4.81 bits
2.1% →
SHALT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1W4O1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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