Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

APISM

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

No dictionary definition for APISM is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use APISM in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How APISM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APISM 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 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,651 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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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First-turn measures

All four describe APISM used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.60 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How APISM 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#3,651 Rank among openers
Opening with APISM left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.65 average. It ranks #3,651 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

APISM can come back 97 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

474 answers
356 answers
178 answers
135 answers
124 answers
101 answers
70 answers
70 answers
68 answers
65 answers
61 answers
55 answers
48 answers
39 answers
36 answers
35 answers
33 answers
30 answers
25 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3I1S1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing APISM

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to APISM.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APISM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
TONER 5.98 bits
14.9% →
CARTE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.22 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 5.32 bits
5.2% →
TRONE 4.90 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
PROLE 4.98 bits
2.9% →
BLORE 5.03 bits
2.9% →
COURE 4.79 bits
2.7% →
ROUTE 4.94 bits

Research on APISM

Game-tree analysis and word research for APISM, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with APISM, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,675 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.80 guesses at best and is rank #1,358 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).