5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

USENS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% 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 USENS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts USENS 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position U__N_ U in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _S__S S in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL REATE SLART CURLY CANON AINEE
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How USENS 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, USENS ranks #12,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
673
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
307
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:
ENSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
18%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
459
186
161
123
123
112
85
77
75
58
47
34
32
25
24
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17
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing USENS:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
19% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
CAROL 5.99 bits
19.5% →
REATE 5.45 bits
7.9% →
SLART 5.20 bits
6.8% →
CURLY 4.74 bits
5.2% →
CANON 4.89 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.79 bits
4.7% →
AINEE 4.57 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.63 bits
3.3% →
GRATE 4.41 bits
3.2% →
GRANT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1S1E1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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