5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANGLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/[ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯]/ˈæŋ.ɡlɵʊ̯/

Noun

An English person or person of English ancestry.

“Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.”

Noun

A British person or person of British ancestry.

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 ANGLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANGLO 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,175 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.

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__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

STIRE CRATE TORSE SLIER REAST CRISE
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANGLO 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANGLO ranks #3,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
20%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
317
240
126
123
113
84
76
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42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANGLO:

17% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
STIRE 6.11 bits
13.4% →
CRATE 5.76 bits
10.2% →
TORSE 5.44 bits
5.3% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
5.2% →
REAST 4.86 bits
4.8% →
CRISE 5.03 bits
3.6% →
SIRED 4.52 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.35 bits
3.0% →
SHITE 4.50 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1G2L1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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