Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

ADMIX

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ædˈmɪks//ədˈmɪks//ˈædmɪks/

Verb

To mingle with something else; to mix.

Noun

The act of admixing.

Noun

The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

Back-formation from admixture; analyzable as ad- + mix.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use ADMIX in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How ADMIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADMIX 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 346 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,386 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ADMIX used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.65 Entropy (bits)
346 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ADMIX 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#12,386 Rank among openers
Opening with ADMIX left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.82 average. It ranks #12,386 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
15%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

ADMIX can come back 64 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

653 answers
500 answers
303 answers
135 answers
82 answers
80 answers
78 answers
72 answers
63 answers
60 answers
45 answers
38 answers
34 answers
29 answers
19 answers
15 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2M3I1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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

Strategy after playing ADMIX

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ADMIX.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADMIX:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
SOREL 6.11 bits
21.0% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
12.7% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
5.7% →
DRONE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
PORTE 5.20 bits
3.4% →
BLORE 4.97 bits
3.3% →
LEARY 4.56 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 4.86 bits
2.6% →
DINER 4.70 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.80 bits

Research on ADMIX

Game-tree analysis and word research for ADMIX, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ADMIX, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.84 guesses and ranks #12,366 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ADMIX can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.82, at or below the proven-optimal 3.84, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).