5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WINNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% 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 WINNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WINNS 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 64.1% of games, misses completely in 35.9%, and leaves about 395 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRATE LATER LAREE TRADE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
395 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINNS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINNS ranks #12,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
25%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

846
341
215
117
97
79
72
67
53
46
40
37
37
30
25
25
24
24
15
13
12
11
9
9
9
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINNS:

36% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.9% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
14.5% →
STARE 5.71 bits
9.1% →
CRATE 5.51 bits
5.0% →
LATER 4.76 bits
4.1% →
LAREE 5.07 bits
3.4% →
TRADE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
STIPE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
CAGEY 4.62 bits
2.2% →
GRATE 4.51 bits
2.0% →
DOWEL 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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