5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

XENON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈziːnɒn//ˈzinɑn//ˈzinən/

Noun

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

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 XENON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XENON 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,285 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR TORSE SAULT TALER ANISE
Words starting with X Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XENON 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,285 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XENON ranks #14,285 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
599
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
398
6 guesses
45
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
24%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
496
266
178
140
129
83
70
46
46
27
26
24
23
23
22
17
16
15
12
11
10
10
8
6
6
5
5
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XENON:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLART
21% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SLART 5.97 bits
21.0% →
STAIR 5.43 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.22 bits
7.5% →
SLART 4.99 bits
5.9% →
TORSE 4.50 bits
5.5% →
SAULT 5.17 bits
3.5% →
TALER 4.46 bits
3.0% →
ANISE 4.57 bits
2.0% →
DOING 3.87 bits
2.0% →
SAUCY 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8E1N1O1N1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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