5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ACHEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of achy.

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 ACHEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACHEY 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,704 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__Y C in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT NOIRE TRAIL SENOR SLART SIDLE
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACHEY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,704 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACHEY ranks #9,704 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
785
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
27
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)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
274
236
191
159
149
86
77
72
62
58
54
50
44
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24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACHEY:

12% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SNORT 5.93 bits
11.6% →
NOIRE 5.08 bits
10.0% →
TRAIL 5.39 bits
8.1% →
SENOR 4.36 bits
6.7% →
SLART 5.09 bits
6.3% →
SIDLE 4.17 bits
3.6% →
SHORT 5.13 bits
3.3% →
CLOUT 4.83 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.00 bits
2.6% →
CANAL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3H4E1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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