5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AFOAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈfoʊm/

Adjective

In a foaming state; producing foam.

“The sea is all afoam.”

Adjective

Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam).

Adverb

In a foaming state.

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 AFOAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFOAM 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___M A in the 1st position and M in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE RONTE STURE FILET SEITY
Words starting with A Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFOAM 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFOAM ranks #13,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
659
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

690
426
248
174
99
98
88
55
51
51
44
41
19
19
19
18
17
16
14
14
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFOAM:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
SLIER 6.00 bits
18.1% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
10.5% →
RONTE 5.22 bits
7.4% →
STURE 4.58 bits
4.2% →
FILET 5.35 bits
4.2% →
SEITY 4.95 bits
3.7% →
SERAL 4.51 bits
2.3% →
RANSE 4.16 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.33 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4O1A1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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