5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ADAWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of adaw

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 ADAWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADAWS 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 345 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,415 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__W_ A in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _D__S D in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET CARET DRIED TRICE STILE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
345 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADAWS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADAWS ranks #12,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
327
6 guesses
13
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
21%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
313
295
183
126
96
75
68
63
54
30
30
26
25
23
23
18
13
13
11
10
9
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADAWS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
13% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
13.3% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
12.5% →
CARET 5.38 bits
7.8% →
DRIED 5.45 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.28 bits
3.2% →
TALER 4.61 bits
2.9% →
CLONE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
RONTE 5.10 bits
2.3% →
DELAY 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2A1W4S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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