5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AMIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from Old French.

Proper noun

plural of Amie

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 AMIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMIES 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 90.2% of games, misses completely in 9.8%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,612 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY TALON RONTE CRATE OLDER TONIC
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMIES 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,612 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMIES ranks #5,612 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
213
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
31%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

230
210
186
155
125
118
111
101
80
74
61
56
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46
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMIES:

10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.8% →
TRULY 5.46 bits
8.9% →
TALON 5.00 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 5.06 bits
6.6% →
CRATE 4.95 bits
5.3% →
OLDER 4.17 bits
5.0% →
TONIC 4.68 bits
4.7% →
SHUNT 4.86 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
3.4% →
PORTE 4.52 bits
3.1% →
GLINT 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3I1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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