Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AGATY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.

“agaty rock”

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 AGATY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AGATY 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AGATY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,015 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AGATY ranks #11,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
36%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

660
279
207
172
159
125
86
60
58
56
53
36
31
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28
24
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AGATY:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0%
SLIER 6.08 bits
11.8%
ROUET 5.49 bits
8.8%
CARLE 5.47 bits
7.3%
SOLDE 4.60 bits
6.7%
CRISE 5.04 bits
5.3%
RIONE 5.53 bits
3.6%
SHIEL 4.27 bits
2.5%
SLICE 4.40 bits
2.5%
DROLE 4.76 bits
2.4%
SIDER 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1G2A1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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