5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AIRNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of airn

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 AIRNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIRNS 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,543 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE PEART SPELT THALE TUILE COLEY
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AIRNS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,543 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AIRNS ranks #1,543 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
170
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
2 vowels
Common:
AINRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

249
206
180
136
133
119
90
79
78
63
55
54
53
43
42
36
35
31
30
29
27
27
27
27
25
22
22
22
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIRNS:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
CLOTE 5.78 bits
8.7% →
CLOTE 5.39 bits
7.6% →
CLOTE 5.00 bits
5.8% →
PEART 4.39 bits
5.6% →
SPELT 5.39 bits
5.0% →
THALE 5.10 bits
3.8% →
TUILE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 4.26 bits
3.3% →
COLEY 4.84 bits
2.7% →
TRIPE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1R1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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