5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ADDAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 69.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæ.dəks/

Noun

A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.

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 ADDAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADDAX 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 50.7% of games, misses completely in 49.3%, and leaves about 717 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.06 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___X A in the 1st position and X in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOISE TARSE DINER SOREL STOLE TRINE
Words starting with A Words ending with X

First-turn measures

2.54 Entropy (bits)
717 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
69.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADDAX 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.

4.06 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADDAX ranks #14,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
447
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
561
6 guesses
44

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
16%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

41 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1164
524
185
113
83
61
34
22
20
20
15
15
13
10
10
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADDAX:

49% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
22% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
DINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.3% →
TOISE 5.99 bits
22.2% →
TARSE 5.47 bits
7.8% →
DINER 5.31 bits
4.8% →
SOREL 4.79 bits
3.5% →
STOLE 4.87 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.45 bits
1.4% →
ROULE 4.28 bits
0.9% →
STARE 3.84 bits
0.8% →
PIXEL 4.02 bits
0.8% →
SLIME 3.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2D2A1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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