5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ADUST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdʌst/

Adjective

Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.

Adjective

Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).

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 ADUST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADUST 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,329 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARLE DRIED CLINE TRITE CURLY
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADUST 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,329 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADUST ranks #1,329 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
13
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:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
311
129
126
121
104
87
80
74
64
56
48
41
40
40
40
38
38
29
28
26
19
19
18
18
18
18
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADUST:

18% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
5% chance
Suggested:
DRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
RIONE 5.94 bits
13.2% →
CARLE 5.69 bits
5.5% →
DRIED 5.50 bits
5.3% →
CLINE 5.07 bits
5.1% →
TRITE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
CURLY 4.54 bits
3.7% →
TARTE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
PARLE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
BRINE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
PLORE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2U1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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