5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ACOLD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Feeling cold.

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 ACOLD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACOLD 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,234 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TARSE RONTE SPIER TRICE STURE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% 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 ACOLD 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,234 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACOLD ranks #1,234 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
987
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
10
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
288
165
126
118
113
112
95
74
60
47
44
43
39
35
34
33
31
29
27
26
21
21
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18
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACOLD:

17% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
STIRE 6.19 bits
12.2% →
TARSE 5.70 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 5.41 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 4.95 bits
5.0% →
SPIER 4.99 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.43 bits
4.7% →
STURE 4.72 bits
4.0% →
CRATE 4.98 bits
3.1% →
DEIGN 5.01 bits
2.5% →
SUITE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3O1L1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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