5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ANOLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈnəʊ.li//əˈnoʊ.li//əˈnoʊl/

Noun

Any of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color.

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 ANOLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANOLE 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 92.1% of games, misses completely in 7.9%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,368 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position AN_LE A in the 1st position, N in the 2nd position, L in the 4th position, and E in the 5th position

Try next

MIRTH STARY SETER TORUS SIRED TROOP
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.56 Entropy (bits)
80 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANOLE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,368 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANOLE ranks #1,368 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
94
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
168
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
37%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

187
185
183
103
93
92
80
80
70
68
63
60
57
51
50
47
47
46
45
36
33
29
26
26
25
22
22
21
21
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANOLE:

8% chance
Suggested:
MIRTH
8% chance
Suggested:
STARY
8% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.9% →
MIRTH 5.57 bits
7.8% →
STARY 5.05 bits
7.8% →
SETER 5.50 bits
4.4% →
TORUS 4.89 bits
3.9% →
SETER 4.18 bits
3.9% →
SIRED 4.42 bits
3.4% →
TROOP 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.20 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.46 bits
2.9% →
TYING 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1O1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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