5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

APNEA

APNEA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ni.ə/

Noun

The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

Alternative forms: apnoea, apnœa

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 APNEA performs as a guess

APNEA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,334 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__A P in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COURT STIRE SLART SOLAR SOILY POUTY
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APNEA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,334 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APNEA ranks #10,334 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
27
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
A N N E X
A P N E A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches APNEA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
283
257
182
159
129
87
72
71
49
44
41
40
37
36
28
26
26
23
22
21
19
15
14
14
13
13
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APNEA:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
COURT 5.83 bits
12.0% →
STIRE 5.19 bits
10.9% →
SLART 5.26 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.14 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
5.5% →
SOILY 4.74 bits
3.7% →
POUTY 4.88 bits
3.1% →
STAIR 4.37 bits
3.0% →
RIONE 4.47 bits
2.1% →
PRISE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3N1E1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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