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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

AFOOT

Yes, AFOOT was the Wordle answer on March 28, 2026 (Wordle #1743).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈfʊt//əˈfʉt/

Adverb

On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)

Adverb

On foot. (support of the body, standing)

Adjective

That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.

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: March 28, 2026 (#1743).

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

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How AFOOT performs as a guess

AFOOT 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,821 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFOOT 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,821 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFOOT ranks #9,821 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
16
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AFOOT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
433
173
143
130
100
96
74
69
59
51
41
38
30
25
22
22
20
20
17
16
13
13
13
13
12
12
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFOOT:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SLIER 6.01 bits
18.4% →
CARLE 5.50 bits
7.3% →
ROULE 4.87 bits
6.1% →
SHIRE 5.45 bits
5.5% →
TARTE 4.97 bits
4.2% →
CRINE 4.94 bits
4.1% →
SIREN 5.32 bits
3.1% →
FILER 5.18 bits
2.9% →
SLIER 4.80 bits
2.5% →
SCALE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4O1O1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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