5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AGIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɪst/

Verb

To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.

Verb

To charge lands etc. with any public burden.

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 AGIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AGIST 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _G__T G in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE LINER PLORE TUTOR PARLE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AGIST 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AGIST ranks #1,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
15
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:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
291
132
117
109
87
83
82
79
59
50
50
46
45
43
42
40
38
35
35
32
29
27
27
23
22
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AGIST:

17% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
DROLE 5.89 bits
12.3% →
CARLE 5.63 bits
5.6% →
LINER 5.16 bits
5.0% →
PLORE 4.95 bits
4.6% →
TUTOR 5.21 bits
3.7% →
PARLE 4.61 bits
3.5% →
LATTE 4.71 bits
3.5% →
LOURE 5.34 bits
3.4% →
CRONE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
GRONE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1G2I1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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