5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APACE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈpeɪs/

Adverb

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

“Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace.”

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 APACE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APACE 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,847 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER TALON SOILY SLART SETER
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APACE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,847 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APACE ranks #7,847 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
17
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
316
179
178
101
98
82
81
55
53
48
48
45
42
35
30
29
27
26
26
24
23
19
18
17
17
17
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APACE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SNORT 5.82 bits
13.4% →
DETER 5.37 bits
7.6% →
TALON 5.11 bits
7.5% →
SOILY 4.52 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.65 bits
4.2% →
SETER 4.40 bits
3.5% →
SOILY 4.89 bits
3.4% →
POUTY 4.83 bits
2.3% →
TUILE 3.95 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3A1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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