5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ANISE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪs//æˈnis//əˈnis/

Noun

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.

Noun

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.

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 ANISE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANISE 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 91.1% of games, misses completely in 8.9%, and leaves about 84 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY DETER CARAT METAL DROIT ROUET
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.57 Entropy (bits)
84 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANISE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANISE ranks #1,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
94
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
21
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:
AEINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
37%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

211
188
184
126
98
84
78
72
71
67
67
51
50
47
44
44
39
34
33
32
31
31
28
26
25
24
22
22
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANISE:

9% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
8% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
TRULY 5.43 bits
8.0% →
DETER 5.40 bits
7.8% →
CARAT 5.10 bits
5.3% →
METAL 4.64 bits
4.2% →
DROIT 4.64 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.46 bits
3.3% →
SPORT 4.57 bits
3.1% →
TALON 4.06 bits
3.0% →
HORNY 4.71 bits
2.8% →
GLACE 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1I1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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