5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AIMED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /eɪmd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of aim

Adjective

Directed towards a target.

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 AIMED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIMED 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,522 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___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 STINK RESET SENTE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIMED 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,522 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIMED ranks #5,522 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
201
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

291
274
229
183
154
133
77
70
54
48
45
45
44
43
36
29
27
25
25
25
24
23
23
19
17
16
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16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIMED:

12% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
SLOTH 5.71 bits
11.6% →
SLART 5.25 bits
9.7% →
TORSE 5.34 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.5% →
STINK 4.77 bits
5.6% →
RESET 4.39 bits
3.3% →
SENTE 4.52 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 3.95 bits
2.3% →
TRAIN 4.73 bits
2.0% →
ROUSE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1M3E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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