5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANSAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ansa

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 ANSAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANSAE 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,696 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT DETER CLARY SPOUT GOIER IRONY
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANSAE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.6% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,696 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANSAE ranks #8,696 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
244
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

359
256
176
149
138
130
82
81
74
71
67
66
62
47
40
39
38
35
34
28
22
18
17
16
16
16
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANSAE:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
MOULT 5.53 bits
10.9% →
DETER 5.44 bits
7.5% →
CLARY 5.02 bits
6.3% →
SPOUT 5.09 bits
5.9% →
GOIER 4.31 bits
5.5% →
IRONY 4.89 bits
3.5% →
LATER 4.15 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.61 bits
3.1% →
TRAIN 4.28 bits
3.0% →
GLACE 3.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1S1A1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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