5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

AFIRE

AFIRE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈfaɪɚ/

Adverb

On fire (often metaphorically).

Adjective

On fire (often metaphorically).

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

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 AFIRE performs as a guess

AFIRE 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 89.7% of games, misses completely in 10.3%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,449 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

SLOTH SONLY SLEET PILOT OUTER CRUST
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFIRE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,449 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFIRE ranks #4,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
35%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S U R G E
A F I R E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AFIRE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

243
227
158
125
124
104
93
92
90
83
77
62
51
46
40
34
32
32
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFIRE:

10% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
SLOTH 5.57 bits
9.6% →
SONLY 5.20 bits
6.7% →
SLEET 5.23 bits
5.3% →
PILOT 4.82 bits
5.3% →
OUTER 4.08 bits
4.4% →
CRUST 4.74 bits
3.9% →
COAST 4.18 bits
3.9% →
SOULY 4.72 bits
3.8% →
METAL 4.60 bits
3.5% →
SAULT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4I1R1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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