5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

APOOP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

On the poop; astern.

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 APOOP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APOOP 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,401 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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___P A in the 1st position and P in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE RONTE TRICE PINEY STILE
Words starting with A Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APOOP 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APOOP ranks #14,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
605
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
445
6 guesses
39
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

742
575
227
126
93
85
66
64
43
28
26
26
25
23
21
16
16
16
15
12
11
11
9
8
7
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APOOP:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
24% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
SLIER 5.96 bits
24.4% →
TARSE 5.41 bits
9.6% →
RONTE 4.97 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
PINEY 5.03 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.81 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.90 bits
2.7% →
MORAL 4.40 bits
1.8% →
SIREN 4.16 bits
1.2% →
SHIEL 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3O1O1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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