5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AIDED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.dɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of aid

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 AIDED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIDED 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLART TORSE SPILT SENOR TRINE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIDED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIDED ranks #11,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
20
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:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
329
258
206
173
150
89
85
61
54
51
33
32
31
27
27
26
21
20
20
18
17
17
16
15
13
13
13
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIDED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SLOTH 5.64 bits
14.0% →
SLART 5.17 bits
10.9% →
TORSE 5.34 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.26 bits
7.3% →
SPILT 4.93 bits
6.4% →
SENOR 4.32 bits
3.8% →
TRINE 4.46 bits
3.6% →
SONLY 3.95 bits
2.6% →
TRAIN 4.65 bits
2.3% →
LATER 3.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1D2E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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