5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

APRES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Abbreviation of après-ski.

Preposition

After

Alternative forms: après

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 APRES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APRES 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,644 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE CANAL STINK DROIT BLATE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APRES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,644 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APRES ranks #1,644 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
183
177
124
110
101
100
97
83
71
69
67
55
55
45
43
39
28
26
25
25
23
22
20
20
20
19
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APRES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CANAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
7.5% →
CANAL 5.07 bits
5.3% →
STINK 4.94 bits
4.7% →
DROIT 4.93 bits
4.3% →
BLATE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 3.46 bits
4.1% →
DRAIN 4.46 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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