5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

XENIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The concept of hospitality to strangers.

Noun

The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

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 XENIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XENIA 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,333 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

_E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SLART SOREE TARSE SPILT TRIED
Words starting with X Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XENIA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,333 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XENIA ranks #12,333 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
33
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
23%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
296
275
221
163
118
103
80
71
62
60
52
49
40
34
31
30
30
30
22
19
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XENIA:

13% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
SOREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SURLY 5.58 bits
12.6% →
SLART 5.34 bits
11.7% →
SOREE 5.37 bits
9.4% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
6.9% →
SPILT 4.97 bits
5.0% →
TRIED 4.64 bits
4.4% →
DETER 4.40 bits
3.4% →
FRONT 4.66 bits
3.0% →
GRANT 4.34 bits
2.6% →
SOREE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8E1N1I1A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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