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ADAPT

Yes, ADAPT was the Wordle answer on December 3, 2023 (Wordle #897).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdæpt/

Verb

To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

Verb

To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

“to adapt a story for the stage”

Adjective

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 3, 2023 (#897).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ADAPT performs as a guess

ADAPT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,806 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__P_ A in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CARLE SHORE RIONE SILER SLICE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADAPT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,806 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADAPT ranks #6,806 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
A D A P T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ADAPT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

645
230
199
184
140
140
128
80
57
46
38
33
32
31
30
27
25
25
24
22
14
13
12
12
12
11
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADAPT:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
SOLER 5.90 bits
9.8% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
8.4% →
SHORE 5.51 bits
7.8% →
RIONE 5.51 bits
5.9% →
SILER 5.46 bits
5.9% →
SLICE 5.22 bits
5.4% →
SIREN 5.40 bits
3.4% →
LATTE 4.53 bits
2.4% →
BLORE 4.88 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2A1P3T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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