Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AGISM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated).

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 AGISM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AGISM 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,872 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.

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AGISM 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,872 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AGISM ranks #5,872 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
348
169
166
120
105
80
80
66
64
60
56
54
43
43
38
38
33
29
19
16
15
14
13
10
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AGISM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5%
TONER 5.93 bits
14.8%
CARTE 5.54 bits
7.2%
TILDE 5.06 bits
7.0%
TONER 5.20 bits
5.1%
PLATE 4.71 bits
4.5%
TRUCE 5.01 bits
3.4%
POREY 4.90 bits
3.4%
LOURE 5.25 bits
2.8%
COURE 4.87 bits
2.7%
DROLE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1G2I1S1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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