5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AIRER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹə//ˈɛɹɚ//ˈeɹɚ/

Noun

A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse.

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 AIRER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIRER 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,476 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 SONLY STOLE SLATE GRUNT CHARD
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIRER 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,476 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIRER ranks #8,476 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
19
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:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

270
247
192
162
138
95
92
82
79
79
69
63
61
50
47
36
35
32
30
28
27
27
26
23
23
22
19
18
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIRER:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
8% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
SLOTH 5.52 bits
10.5% →
SONLY 5.17 bits
8.1% →
STOLE 5.25 bits
6.9% →
SLATE 5.11 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.81 bits
4.0% →
GRUNT 4.69 bits
3.9% →
SONLY 3.89 bits
3.5% →
CHARD 4.14 bits
3.4% →
SLEET 4.27 bits
3.4% →
SENTE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1R1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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