5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.

Alternative forms: ankor, anchor

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 ANKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANKER 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__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

MOULT STILE SALTY COURT SLATE TOISE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANKER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,873 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANKER ranks #5,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
15
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
24%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

313
200
187
144
136
116
108
107
90
79
67
65
61
42
41
35
32
26
26
24
23
23
20
19
19
18
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANKER:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALTY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
MOULT 5.62 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.39 bits
7.9% →
SALTY 5.12 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.14 bits
5.8% →
SLATE 5.16 bits
4.9% →
TOISE 4.52 bits
4.6% →
CHART 4.33 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 4.99 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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