5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of wain

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 WAINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAINS 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,017 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__N_ W in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET TRACE TILDE CLOTE THALE TRUCE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAINS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,017 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAINS ranks #5,017 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
15
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:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
262
184
158
149
114
92
88
68
47
45
43
43
41
40
36
32
31
28
25
21
20
18
17
15
15
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAINS:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
ROUET 5.96 bits
11.1% →
TRACE 5.49 bits
7.8% →
ROUET 5.44 bits
6.7% →
TILDE 5.23 bits
6.3% →
CLOTE 4.64 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.72 bits
3.9% →
TRUCE 4.93 bits
3.7% →
COREY 4.78 bits
2.9% →
TINGE 4.36 bits
2.0% →
PLORE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1I1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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