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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

AGATE

Yes, AGATE was the Wordle answer on September 29, 2021 (Wordle #102).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ɪt//ˈæɡ.ət//əˈɡeɪt/

Noun

A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

Noun

One fourteenth of an inch.

Adverb

On the way; agoing.

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: September 29, 2021 (#102).

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

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How AGATE performs as a guess

AGATE 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,557 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _G__E G in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SILER SIREN CAROL HOIST SETER
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AGATE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,557 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AGATE ranks #10,557 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
18
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L A S P
A B A T E
A G A T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AGATE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
282
164
162
153
111
110
85
84
61
51
49
48
40
33
32
32
28
27
26
25
23
21
19
19
18
17
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AGATE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SILER
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
12.0% →
SILER 5.06 bits
7.0% →
SIREN 4.61 bits
6.9% →
CAROL 5.21 bits
6.5% →
HOIST 5.29 bits
4.7% →
SETER 4.78 bits
4.7% →
CRISE 4.27 bits
3.6% →
CLEAR 4.58 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 4.91 bits
2.6% →
TACIT 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1G2A1T1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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