5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANKHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ankh

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 ANKHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANKHS 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,687 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__H_ A in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER PORTE GOIER ROUTE STALE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANKHS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,687 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANKHS ranks #7,687 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
12%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
335
200
173
125
122
105
82
58
50
49
40
39
37
35
35
32
23
21
20
13
13
13
11
11
11
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANKHS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
14.2% →
TALER 5.40 bits
8.5% →
PORTE 5.65 bits
7.3% →
GOIER 5.48 bits
5.3% →
ROUTE 5.39 bits
5.2% →
STALE 4.98 bits
4.5% →
TARGE 4.47 bits
3.5% →
DROLE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
CARTE 4.82 bits
2.1% →
SUITE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1K5H4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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