5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

XYLAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.

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 XYLAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XYLAN 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,561 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

_Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CRATE SLIER DORSE SLATE TARSE
Words starting with X Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XYLAN 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,561 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XYLAN ranks #11,561 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
17%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
333
203
197
144
127
77
75
56
53
51
43
38
34
34
31
26
24
23
20
17
13
11
11
10
10
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XYLAN:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
14% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TOISE 6.17 bits
14.1% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
8.6% →
SLIER 5.12 bits
8.4% →
TOISE 5.55 bits
6.1% →
DORSE 4.74 bits
5.4% →
SLATE 4.68 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
TIARE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
CEDAR 4.44 bits
2.2% →
SOWER 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8Y4L1A1N1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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