Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

AGRUM

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

No dictionary definition for AGRUM is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 AGRUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AGRUM 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,215 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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

All four describe AGRUM used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.37 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How AGRUM 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,215 Rank among openers
Opening with AGRUM solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,215 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
17%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

AGRUM can come back 88 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

479 answers
348 answers
264 answers
178 answers
150 answers
84 answers
69 answers
63 answers
60 answers
55 answers
51 answers
38 answers
35 answers
34 answers
34 answers
33 answers
31 answers
27 answers
27 answers
24 answers
24 answers
22 answers
14 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1G2R1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing AGRUM

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to AGRUM.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AGRUM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2%
TOILE 6.03 bits
14.7%
SLATE 5.61 bits
11.1%
TRIED 5.19 bits
7.5%
LEAST 4.62 bits
6.3%
SLICE 4.96 bits
3.5%
TOILE 5.06 bits
2.9%
TOILE 5.34 bits
2.7%
STOLE 4.73 bits
2.5%
SHONE 4.73 bits
2.3%
SLEET 4.37 bits

Research on AGRUM

Game-tree analysis and word research for AGRUM, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with AGRUM, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.75 guesses and ranks #8,149 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with AGRUM can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.75, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the second syllable Say it UHGROOM. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.