5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ANGER

Yes, ANGER was the Wordle answer on May 6, 2023 (Wordle #686).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡə/[ˈæŋɡə] ~ [ˈaŋɡə]/ˈaŋɡə/

Noun

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.

“vent one's anger”

Verb

To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

“He who angers you conquers you.”

Verb

To become angry.

“You anger too easily.”

Noun

Pain or stinging.

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: May 6, 2023 (#686).

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

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How ANGER performs as a guess

ANGER 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,971 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

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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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLATY STILE COURT SLATE CHART
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANGER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,971 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANGER ranks #2,971 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
E A G E R
A N G E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ANGER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
197
180
144
132
110
107
91
89
72
64
56
53
42
31
31
30
29
28
26
23
21
21
21
18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANGER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
8.4% →
SLATY 5.16 bits
7.6% →
STILE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.24 bits
5.6% →
SLATE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
CHART 4.40 bits
4.5% →
SCOTE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
COUNT 4.83 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.65 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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