5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ACMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of acme

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 ACMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACMES 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,297 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL SNOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACMES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,297 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACMES ranks #5,297 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
12
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
24%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

309
225
209
157
154
121
110
98
94
73
62
57
55
47
46
37
37
31
29
23
23
23
23
18
14
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACMES:

13% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
DROIT 5.67 bits
9.5% →
TRINE 5.33 bits
8.9% →
TRAIL 5.20 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 4.95 bits
6.5% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
5.1% →
DEALT 4.88 bits
4.7% →
CHOIR 4.97 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3M3E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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