5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMBIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæmbɪt/

Noun

The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

Noun

The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

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 AMBIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMBIT 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,422 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _M__T M in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SACRE RINSE SHOER TARTE POREY
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMBIT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,422 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMBIT ranks #5,422 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
10
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:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

488
342
232
129
112
78
73
72
64
62
55
52
49
46
43
33
27
23
22
19
17
15
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMBIT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
15% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SOLER 5.97 bits
14.5% →
SACRE 5.53 bits
9.8% →
RINSE 5.29 bits
5.5% →
SHOER 5.51 bits
4.7% →
TARTE 4.95 bits
3.3% →
POREY 4.81 bits
3.1% →
SOREL 4.98 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
2.6% →
TRITE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3B3I1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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