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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

AMISS

Yes, AMISS was the Wordle answer on August 17, 2023 (Wordle #789).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈmɪs/

Adjective

Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

“He suspected something was amiss.”

Adverb

Astray.

Adverb

Imperfectly.

Noun

Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 17, 2023 (#789).

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

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How AMISS performs as a guess

AMISS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,878 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE TILDE TONER PLATE ROULE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMISS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,878 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMISS ranks #10,878 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
295
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A B Y S S
A M I S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AMISS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
408
208
167
138
122
93
80
75
58
54
48
36
36
30
20
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
10
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMISS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
17% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TRONE 5.91 bits
17.3% →
CARTE 5.50 bits
8.8% →
TILDE 5.11 bits
7.1% →
TONER 5.14 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 4.98 bits
5.2% →
PLATE 4.72 bits
3.9% →
ROULE 5.05 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 5.03 bits
3.2% →
MAARE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
TRAIL 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3I1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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