5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AIDOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdɒs//ˈaɪdoʊs/

Noun

shame, modesty, or humility, regarded as a virtue in Ancient Greece

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 AIDOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIDOS 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 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,579 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.

A___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE TRULY TRONE THALE TRINE SPURT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIDOS 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIDOS ranks #5,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
218
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
23%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
253
217
159
149
130
98
90
73
55
51
50
45
44
43
41
39
36
25
24
23
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17
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15
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14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIDOS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
CARTE 5.53 bits
10.7% →
TRULY 5.42 bits
9.2% →
TRONE 5.13 bits
6.7% →
THALE 4.95 bits
6.3% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
5.5% →
SPURT 5.12 bits
4.2% →
PALET 4.28 bits
3.8% →
STORE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.28 bits
2.3% →
MORAL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1D2O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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