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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ADOPT

Yes, ADOPT was the Wordle answer on January 17, 2023 (Wordle #577).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdɒpt//əˈdɑpt/

Verb

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

“A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.”

Verb

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

“He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.”

Noun

Clipping of adoptable.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 17, 2023 (#577).

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

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How ADOPT performs as a guess

ADOPT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,881 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__P_ A in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CARLE ROULE SHIRE DINER TARTE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADOPT 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,881 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADOPT ranks #1,881 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
11
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
A D O P T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ADOPT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
323
157
118
112
109
98
97
90
71
66
59
56
53
51
49
30
28
23
22
19
16
16
15
15
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADOPT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
13.7% →
CARLE 5.58 bits
6.7% →
ROULE 4.94 bits
5.0% →
SHIRE 5.36 bits
4.7% →
DINER 5.32 bits
4.6% →
TARTE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
SILER 5.43 bits
4.1% →
CRISE 4.63 bits
3.8% →
SIREN 5.32 bits
3.0% →
DEARY 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2O1P3T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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