5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ADHOC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia’s oldest human rights organization, founded in 1991)

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 ADHOC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADHOC 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,863 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___C A in the 1st position and C in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE RONTE DINER SEITY CRISE
Words starting with A Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADHOC 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,863 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADHOC ranks #7,863 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
18
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
13%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
377
235
127
103
96
95
76
75
64
57
55
54
52
51
50
34
21
20
16
15
15
14
11
10
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADHOC:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
16.0% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
10.0% →
RONTE 5.28 bits
5.4% →
DINER 5.32 bits
4.4% →
SEITY 5.22 bits
4.1% →
CRISE 5.29 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
BRINE 4.60 bits
3.2% →
SLIER 4.89 bits
2.7% →
TARSE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2H4O1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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