5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WINES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /waɪnz/

Noun

plural of wine

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wine

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 WINES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WINES 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,349 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position WI_ES W in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL CRATE SLART ALTER TRAIL GRANT
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,349 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINES ranks #6,349 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
214
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:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
312
183
141
133
128
89
73
69
65
59
49
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38
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINES:

17% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
CAROL 5.89 bits
13.2% →
CRATE 5.63 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.36 bits
6.0% →
ALTER 4.35 bits
5.6% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
5.4% →
SLART 4.96 bits
3.8% →
GRANT 4.83 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 3.79 bits
2.9% →
LAIRY 4.14 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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