5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANTAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of anta

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 ANTAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANTAE 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,129 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___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

SOILY SOLER CLARY SHORT GOIER IRONY
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANTAE 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
0.74 Volatility
#9,129 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANTAE ranks #9,129 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
27
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:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
225
187
160
157
127
86
85
69
63
61
58
46
40
39
38
37
29
28
26
25
24
24
22
19
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANTAE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
8% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SOILY 5.59 bits
9.5% →
SOLER 4.92 bits
7.9% →
CLARY 5.11 bits
6.8% →
SHORT 5.53 bits
6.7% →
GOIER 4.39 bits
5.4% →
IRONY 4.92 bits
3.6% →
RESET 4.67 bits
3.6% →
SLART 3.91 bits
2.9% →
RESIN 4.36 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1T1A1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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