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Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ANIME

ANIME is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ//ə.nɪ.meː/

Noun

An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.

Noun

An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

“I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.”

Alternative forms: animé

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

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 ANIME performs as a guess

ANIME 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__M_ A in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SLART SETER PETAL ROUSE SPLIT
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANIME 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANIME ranks #3,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
212
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
35%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
A N I M E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ANIME in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
232
231
125
116
111
103
85
79
71
49
46
45
43
40
40
39
34
29
29
27
24
23
21
20
20
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANIME:

11% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SURLY 5.61 bits
9.8% →
SLART 5.26 bits
9.8% →
SETER 5.49 bits
5.3% →
PETAL 4.67 bits
4.9% →
ROUSE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
SPLIT 4.63 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.61 bits
3.6% →
STONY 4.51 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.20 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1I1M3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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