5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AIMER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯məː/[ˈeɪ̯məː]/ˈeɪ̯mɚ/

Noun

One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.

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 AIMER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIMER 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 90.7% of games, misses completely in 9.3%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,959 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLANT STOLE SLATE GLINT COURT
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.31 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIMER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,959 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIMER ranks #2,959 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,082
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
30%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
206
173
143
124
122
98
98
77
71
70
66
64
50
40
36
32
31
28
27
27
25
22
22
20
19
19
18
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIMER:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
SLOTH 5.58 bits
8.7% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
7.3% →
STOLE 5.24 bits
6.1% →
SLATE 5.17 bits
5.3% →
GLINT 4.85 bits
5.2% →
COURT 4.96 bits
4.2% →
SCOTE 4.57 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.43 bits
3.3% →
SALTY 3.78 bits
3.0% →
SOULY 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1M3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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