5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APGAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A Dutch or North-German surname transferred from the given name

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 APGAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APGAR 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,536 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__R P in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SALET TOISE CADRE SUITE TUILE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% 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 APGAR 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APGAR ranks #9,536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

622
296
276
132
119
112
103
60
59
53
48
41
33
32
32
31
28
18
15
14
14
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9
9
9
9
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APGAR:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
12.6% →
SALET 5.47 bits
11.7% →
TOISE 5.64 bits
5.6% →
CADRE 4.56 bits
5.0% →
TOILE 3.92 bits
4.7% →
SUITE 5.16 bits
4.4% →
TUILE 5.07 bits
2.5% →
BLITE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 4.57 bits
2.2% →
PRIME 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3G2A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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