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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

AIRED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɛəd//ɛɹd//eːd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of air

Adjective

Having been uttered or spoken of, such that certain persons are aware.

Adjective

Having been broadcast over the airwaves, such as on television or radio; loosely, having been broadcast via any medium.

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 AIRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIRED 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,842 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 SLANT STOLE SLATE FLINT GRUNT
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIRED 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,842 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIRED ranks #1,842 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
12
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:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
35%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
217
159
140
122
87
81
76
71
65
62
61
57
46
42
41
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIRED:

10% 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.

9.6% →
SLOTH 5.63 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
6.7% →
STOLE 5.30 bits
5.9% →
SLATE 5.16 bits
5.2% →
FLINT 4.89 bits
3.7% →
GRUNT 4.77 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.41 bits
3.2% →
SOULY 3.59 bits
3.0% →
SONLY 4.00 bits
2.8% →
SCOTE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1R1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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