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

ADNEX

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

No dictionary definition for ADNEX is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ADNEX in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% 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 ADNEX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADNEX 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,616 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe ADNEX 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.

4.33 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ADNEX 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,616 Rank among openers
Opening with ADNEX left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.80 average. It ranks #11,616 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

ADNEX can come back 73 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

448 answers
302 answers
277 answers
184 answers
146 answers
124 answers
84 answers
79 answers
66 answers
59 answers
50 answers
49 answers
44 answers
42 answers
41 answers
36 answers
33 answers
29 answers
27 answers
26 answers
21 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
11 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2N1E1X8
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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

Strategy after playing ADNEX

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADNEX:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
HOIST 5.80 bits
12.7% →
SLART 5.30 bits
11.6% →
TORSE 5.36 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.80 bits
3.5% →
DROIT 4.86 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.52 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
DIRGE 4.45 bits

Research on ADNEX

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

Optimal play

Opening with ADNEX, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,855 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 ADNEX can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.80; proven optimal play reaches 3.78. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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).