5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ACARI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of acarus

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 ACARI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACARI 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,136 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

A___I A in the 1st position and I in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__I C in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SIENT TOUSE SALET SNIDE TALER
Words starting with A Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACARI 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,136 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACARI ranks #10,136 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
795
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
285
252
191
117
112
104
99
71
53
52
52
51
40
38
37
33
23
21
21
19
18
17
16
15
14
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACARI:

18% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
12.1% →
SIENT 5.39 bits
10.7% →
TOUSE 5.40 bits
8.1% →
SALET 5.31 bits
5.0% →
SNIDE 4.43 bits
4.7% →
STOLE 5.08 bits
4.4% →
TALER 4.48 bits
4.2% →
CLONE 5.16 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.22 bits
2.2% →
CLOTE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3A1R1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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