5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of apse

Noun

plural of apsis

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 APSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APSES 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,478 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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 CARAT NOIRE OLDER BLARE SNOUT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APSES 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,478 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APSES ranks #11,478 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
21
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
297
280
174
164
132
90
86
77
63
47
43
41
39
33
28
25
20
19
19
17
16
13
12
12
11
10
10
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APSES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
COUNT 5.72 bits
12.6% →
CARAT 5.04 bits
11.9% →
NOIRE 5.10 bits
7.4% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
7.0% →
BLARE 4.68 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.59 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.47 bits
3.3% →
POUTY 4.89 bits
2.7% →
TRONE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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