5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANTAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% 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 ANTAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANTAS 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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

DROLE CARLE RIONE ROULE TRITE ROUET
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANTAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANTAS ranks #7,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
231
191
186
177
106
91
71
70
61
50
49
47
44
37
29
28
25
22
20
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANTAS:

22% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
DROLE 6.07 bits
9.8% →
CARLE 5.51 bits
8.1% →
RIONE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
ROULE 5.25 bits
7.5% →
TRITE 5.51 bits
4.5% →
ROUET 4.75 bits
3.9% →
SHALE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
CRONE 4.39 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
DECAL 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1T1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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