5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

WOKEN

Yes, WOKEN was the Wordle answer on December 5, 2022 (Wordle #534).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊ.kən//ˈwoʊ.kən/

Verb

past participle of wake

Verb

To make or become woke or woker.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 5, 2022 (#534).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How WOKEN performs as a guess

WOKEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,052 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___N W in the 1st position and N in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SLART STAIR SAINT SALTY SEINE
Words starting with W Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOKEN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,052 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOKEN ranks #10,052 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
W O K E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WOKEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
434
172
170
138
132
81
70
62
38
38
33
30
28
28
27
26
25
23
23
22
19
19
18
18
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOKEN:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TRAIL 5.92 bits
18.4% →
SLART 5.82 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.24 bits
7.2% →
STAIR 4.55 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 5.19 bits
5.6% →
SALTY 4.58 bits
3.4% →
SEINE 4.65 bits
3.0% →
CAULK 4.90 bits
2.6% →
SPARE 4.31 bits
1.6% →
SAULT 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1K5E1N1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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