5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMNIO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

amniocentesis

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 AMNIO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMNIO 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,591 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _M__O M in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLEET STORE STILE SOWER LEAST
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMNIO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMNIO ranks #6,591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
243
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:
AINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
21%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
309
279
228
77
75
73
66
60
55
50
44
43
36
35
28
28
27
27
24
24
21
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMNIO:

17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLEET
12% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
13.1% →
SLEET 5.96 bits
11.8% →
STORE 5.20 bits
9.7% →
STILE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
SOWER 4.33 bits
3.2% →
LEAST 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SURGE 4.08 bits
2.8% →
SETER 4.75 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
CORAL 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3N1I1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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