5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANOAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of anoa

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 ANOAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANOAS 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,844 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position AN_AS A in the 1st position, N in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARTE STIRE ROUET GRICE THALE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANOAS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,844 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANOAS ranks #8,844 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
283
193
191
134
131
94
82
71
64
64
44
43
37
37
35
26
25
17
17
16
16
15
15
13
13
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANOAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRIED 6.00 bits
12.0% →
CARTE 5.45 bits
8.2% →
STIRE 5.40 bits
8.1% →
ROUET 5.13 bits
5.7% →
GRICE 5.13 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.90 bits
4.0% →
TRUCE 4.30 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.46 bits
3.0% →
TRIDE 4.23 bits
2.7% →
REACT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1O1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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