5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

APERT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈpɜː(ɹ)t/

Adjective

open; uncovered; revealed

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 APERT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APERT 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #669 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY MOILE SONLY NOISE GROIN SALVE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APERT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#669 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APERT ranks #669 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
992
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
173
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

132 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
195
177
155
101
96
87
82
58
55
55
54
52
45
34
34
33
32
31
30
30
28
27
27
25
23
23
20
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APERT:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
8.3% →
MOILE 5.23 bits
7.5% →
SONLY 5.19 bits
6.6% →
NOISE 4.36 bits
4.3% →
GROIN 4.67 bits
4.1% →
SALVE 4.61 bits
3.7% →
BARON 4.15 bits
3.5% →
SOUTH 4.76 bits
2.5% →
SONLY 4.17 bits
2.3% →
SHINE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3E1R1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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