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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

AORTA

Yes, AORTA was the Wordle answer on December 23, 2022 (Wordle #552).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /eɪˈɔːtə//eɪˈɔɹtə/

Noun

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

Noun

The liveliest part of something.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 23, 2022 (#552).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How AORTA performs as a guess

AORTA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,181 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE SEINE DANSE SIENT CLINE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AORTA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#7,181 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AORTA ranks #7,181 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
26
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:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A O R T A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AORTA in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
246
182
150
139
118
118
105
83
63
58
43
40
40
39
38
33
33
28
26
25
21
20
18
16
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AORTA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SLICE 6.05 bits
10.4% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
7.7% →
SEINE 4.90 bits
6.4% →
DANSE 4.47 bits
5.9% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 5.21 bits
5.0% →
CLONE 4.38 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 4.72 bits
3.5% →
DRICE 4.25 bits
2.7% →
SEINE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1O1R1T1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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