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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

AHEAD

Yes, AHEAD was the Wordle answer on March 4, 2022 (Wordle #258).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈhɛd/

Adverb

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

“The island was directly ahead.”

Adverb

So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior.

“He finished two laps ahead of me.”

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: March 4, 2022 (#258).

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

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How AHEAD performs as a guess

AHEAD 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,371 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE SLANT SLART MOUTH NOIRE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AHEAD 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,371 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AHEAD ranks #11,371 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
25
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
A H E A D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AHEAD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

459
406
247
180
104
85
79
61
59
50
48
42
41
38
34
32
26
24
24
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AHEAD:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
17% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
17.2% →
SIREE 5.34 bits
10.5% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
7.6% →
SLART 4.98 bits
4.4% →
MOUTH 4.79 bits
3.6% →
NOIRE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
SETER 4.69 bits
2.6% →
DROIT 4.56 bits
2.5% →
CORAL 4.58 bits
2.1% →
SHOUT 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1H4E1A1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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