5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANTED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed.

Verb

simple past and past participle of ant

Alternative forms: anteed, anteied

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 ANTED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANTED 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,494 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__D N in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOULY CAROL CORSE SHORT SCALE LOSER
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% 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 ANTED 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANTED ranks #1,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
29%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

284
208
189
145
122
106
103
78
73
66
64
58
45
39
36
35
33
32
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANTED:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
CORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SOULY 5.58 bits
8.8% →
CAROL 5.26 bits
8.0% →
CORSE 5.35 bits
6.1% →
SHORT 5.56 bits
5.2% →
SCALE 4.74 bits
4.5% →
LOSER 3.86 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 5.09 bits
3.3% →
CRISE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.66 bits
2.8% →
CANON 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1T1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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