5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ACHOO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃuː//ɑːˈt͡ʃuː//əˈt͡ʃʰuː/

Interjection

The sound of a sneeze.

“Achoo—I think I'm coming down with something!”

Noun

The sound of a sneeze.

Verb

To sneeze loudly; to make an achoo sound.

Alternative forms: atchoo, ahchoo, hachoo, ah-choo

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 ACHOO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACHOO 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,918 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___O A in the 1st position and O in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE RONTE SEITY CRIPE CARNE
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACHOO 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,918 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACHOO ranks #12,918 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
681
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
38
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
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
15%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
454
243
110
109
97
88
73
56
52
50
48
39
35
31
24
23
20
19
19
14
13
12
11
9
8
8
6
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACHOO:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLIER 6.08 bits
19.3% →
TARSE 5.46 bits
10.3% →
RONTE 5.11 bits
4.7% →
SEITY 5.25 bits
4.6% →
CRIPE 5.34 bits
4.1% →
CARNE 4.76 bits
3.7% →
STILE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.84 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.23 bits
2.2% →
CLONE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3H4O1O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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