Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

AIXES

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

No dictionary definition for AIXES is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use AIXES in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How AIXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AIXES 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,683 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe AIXES used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.62 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How AIXES 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#12,683 Rank among openers
Opening with AIXES left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.83 average. It ranks #12,683 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
677
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

AIXES can come back 70 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

287 answers
258 answers
206 answers
172 answers
143 answers
132 answers
126 answers
116 answers
89 answers
87 answers
82 answers
65 answers
60 answers
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40 answers
32 answers
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26 answers
22 answers
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14 answers
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10 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1I1X8E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing AIXES

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to AIXES.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AIXES:

12% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
11% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
TRULY 5.42 bits
10.8% →
CARAT 5.02 bits
8.6% →
DROLE 5.00 bits
7.2% →
CRATE 4.87 bits
6.0% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
5.5% →
CLING 4.79 bits
5.3% →
SHUNT 4.86 bits
4.9% →
SLART 4.51 bits
3.7% →
PORTE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
MINTY 3.78 bits

Research on AIXES

Game-tree analysis and word research for AIXES, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with AIXES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.80 guesses and ranks #10,651 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with AIXES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.83; proven optimal play reaches 3.80. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).