5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AFROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæfɹoʊz/

Noun

plural of afro

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 AFROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFROS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,416 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

TILDE LANCE CONTE TRIED STILE LEANT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFROS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,416 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFROS ranks #5,416 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
19%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
255
185
172
162
153
140
95
74
57
54
45
44
43
32
32
29
27
26
25
24
24
17
17
17
16
16
15
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFROS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
11% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
TILDE 5.89 bits
10.8% →
LANCE 5.38 bits
7.8% →
CONTE 5.04 bits
7.3% →
TRIED 5.19 bits
6.9% →
STILE 5.40 bits
6.5% →
LEANT 4.60 bits
5.9% →
STALE 4.97 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 4.25 bits
3.1% →
SCOTE 4.52 bits
2.4% →
PLANE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4R1O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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