5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ACHED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /eɪkt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of ache

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 ACHED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACHED 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON SNORE SENOR SLART SOUTH
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACHED 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACHED ranks #7,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
259
255
156
146
106
87
71
60
59
56
49
48
43
43
39
36
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33
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACHED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
11.0% →
TALON 5.24 bits
10.8% →
SNORE 5.32 bits
6.6% →
SENOR 4.51 bits
6.2% →
SLART 5.21 bits
4.5% →
SOUTH 5.07 bits
3.7% →
CLOUT 4.80 bits
3.0% →
CANAL 4.29 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.16 bits
2.5% →
DROIT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3H4E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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