5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

AFTER

Yes, AFTER was the Wordle answer on February 7, 2024 (Wordle #963).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːftə//ˈaftə(ɹ)//ˈæftəɹ/

Adverb

Behind; later in time; following.

“I left the room, and the dog bounded after.”

Preposition

Subsequently to; following in time; later than.

“We had a few beers after the game.”

Preposition

Behind.

“He will leave a trail of destruction after him.”

Conjunction

Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.

“The show ends after the fat lady sings.”

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: February 7, 2024 (#963).

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

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How AFTER performs as a guess

AFTER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,621 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _F__R F in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SONLY CRONY HOIST SLANE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFTER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,621 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFTER ranks #3,621 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
25%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A F T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AFTER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
198
191
124
122
102
100
98
76
71
68
66
58
53
52
41
35
29
28
27
27
24
23
21
20
20
17
17
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFTER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SOILY 5.77 bits
8.4% →
SEINE 5.34 bits
8.1% →
SONLY 5.17 bits
5.3% →
CRONY 4.71 bits
5.2% →
HOIST 5.19 bits
4.3% →
SLANE 4.62 bits
4.2% →
CHARD 4.28 bits
4.2% →
POISE 4.50 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 3.56 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4T1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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