5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ACIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæ.sɪdz/

Noun

plural of acid

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 ACIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACIDS 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,392 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__D_ A in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER LATER ROUET STALE RONTE CRONE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACIDS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,392 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACIDS ranks #4,392 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
205
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
297
204
144
143
121
110
91
86
71
62
49
46
43
40
39
29
23
23
18
18
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACIDS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
LATER
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
TONER 5.98 bits
12.6% →
LATER 5.44 bits
8.7% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
6.1% →
STALE 5.04 bits
6.1% →
RONTE 5.21 bits
5.1% →
CRONE 5.29 bits
4.7% →
CRATE 4.88 bits
3.9% →
DRONE 5.13 bits
3.6% →
TRONE 5.12 bits
3.0% →
BLORE 5.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3I1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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