5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANEAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Preposition

Near.

Adverb

Nearly.

Verb

To approach.

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 ANEAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANEAR 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 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,370 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE COURT SLATY STALE TOISE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANEAR 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
0.74 Volatility
#7,370 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANEAR ranks #7,370 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
213
164
164
127
124
124
95
92
83
70
69
49
39
32
30
29
28
22
21
21
21
20
19
18
17
17
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANEAR:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SOILY 5.60 bits
9.0% →
TOILE 5.55 bits
7.0% →
COURT 5.19 bits
7.0% →
SLATY 5.05 bits
5.4% →
STALE 5.00 bits
5.3% →
TOISE 4.52 bits
5.3% →
SOILY 4.96 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 3.60 bits
3.9% →
CHART 4.52 bits
3.5% →
HOISE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1E1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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