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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APAID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of apay

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 APAID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APAID 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,035 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _P__D P in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TALER TRINE CLOSE PURSE DROLE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APAID 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,035 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APAID ranks #9,035 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
254
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:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
288
283
185
114
97
61
61
54
51
44
40
38
36
28
23
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APAID:

27% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
TORSE 6.22 bits
12.2% →
TALER 5.48 bits
12.0% →
TRINE 5.35 bits
7.8% →
CLOSE 5.03 bits
4.8% →
PURSE 5.24 bits
4.1% →
DROLE 5.07 bits
2.6% →
CONTE 4.96 bits
2.6% →
BLORE 5.01 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
PORTE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3A1I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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