5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMIGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈmiː.ɡəʊ//əˈmiɡoʊ/

Noun

A friend.

Noun

Mexican.

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 AMIGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMIGO 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___O A in the 1st position and O in the 5th position A__G_ A in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _M__O M in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SLEET RONTE TILDE TRUCE CORAL
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMIGO 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMIGO ranks #7,596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
19
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:
AIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
354
324
172
145
67
63
61
53
50
43
43
34
33
32
30
30
24
22
21
18
16
14
14
14
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMIGO:

19% chance
Suggested:
REAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLEET
14% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
REAST 5.60 bits
15.0% →
SLEET 5.93 bits
13.7% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
7.3% →
TILDE 4.89 bits
6.1% →
TRUCE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
CORAL 4.58 bits
2.7% →
TRAIL 4.80 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
2.2% →
SUCRE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
GRATE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3I1G2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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