5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANKUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaŋ.kəs/

Noun

The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.

Alternative forms: ankhus, ankush, ankusha

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 ANKUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANKUS 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CARLE PORTE GOIER DROLE STALE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANKUS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANKUS ranks #8,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
25
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
14%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

513
367
184
169
161
142
102
74
56
46
39
36
34
31
30
25
20
19
19
15
15
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15
13
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11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANKUS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
15.6% →
CARLE 5.55 bits
7.8% →
PORTE 5.53 bits
7.2% →
GOIER 5.37 bits
6.8% →
DROLE 4.95 bits
6.0% →
STALE 5.03 bits
4.3% →
CARET 4.40 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
2.4% →
STURE 4.43 bits
2.0% →
SHITE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1K5U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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