5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMYLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæ.mɪlz/

Noun

plural of amyl

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 AMYLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMYLS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRICE TRONE RIONE CARTE STARE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMYLS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMYLS ranks #5,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
16%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
247
233
158
134
127
107
81
64
62
54
44
40
38
37
31
26
25
24
21
18
18
18
16
15
15
13
12
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMYLS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TRINE 6.35 bits
10.5% →
TRICE 5.70 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.51 bits
6.7% →
RIONE 4.99 bits
5.7% →
CARTE 4.83 bits
5.4% →
RIONE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
STARE 4.91 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 5.21 bits
2.7% →
TRODE 5.08 bits
2.6% →
CARTE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3Y4L1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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