5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AMICE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.

Alternative forms: almuce, amess, amyss, aumuce

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 AMICE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMICE 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 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,208 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _M__E M in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT RESET SLART SERAL SOGER PILOT
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMICE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,208 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMICE ranks #3,208 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
17
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:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
36%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

272
238
237
123
120
115
91
87
67
57
57
55
47
45
44
41
36
34
29
28
27
25
25
24
21
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19
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMICE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
RESET
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
SNORT 5.70 bits
10.1% →
RESET 5.42 bits
10.1% →
SLART 5.20 bits
5.2% →
SERAL 4.62 bits
5.1% →
SOGER 4.61 bits
4.9% →
PILOT 4.76 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.61 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.60 bits
2.8% →
RIPEN 4.58 bits
2.4% →
MOUTH 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3I1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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