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ANODE

Yes, ANODE was the Wordle answer on August 5, 2023 (Wordle #777).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əʊd//ˈæn.oʊd/

Noun

An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

Noun

(by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 5, 2023 (#777).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ANODE performs as a guess

ANODE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.5% of games, misses completely in 10.5%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__D_ A in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART SETER METAL MOULT SUITE
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANODE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANODE ranks #2,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
16
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:
AENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
34%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A B L E D
A N O D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ANODE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

247
233
202
122
108
105
101
93
81
76
62
55
55
47
43
37
36
33
31
28
26
23
23
22
21
21
19
19
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANODE:

10% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.5% →
SPILT 5.76 bits
9.9% →
SLART 5.31 bits
8.6% →
SETER 5.58 bits
5.2% →
METAL 4.65 bits
4.6% →
MOULT 4.69 bits
4.5% →
SLART 4.61 bits
4.3% →
SUITE 4.49 bits
3.9% →
STOOL 4.54 bits
3.4% →
CLUNG 4.51 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1O1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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