5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APSIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæpsɪs/

Noun

A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.

Noun

Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.

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 APSIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APSIS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,883 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARTE TRINE THALE POREY BLORE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APSIS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APSIS ranks #10,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
28
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
19%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
427
264
167
125
88
78
71
70
57
45
44
33
28
22
21
19
16
14
13
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APSIS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
18% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TONER 5.96 bits
18.1% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
11.2% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.1% →
TONER 5.35 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.89 bits
3.7% →
POREY 5.11 bits
3.3% →
BLORE 5.18 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.30 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 4.80 bits
2.4% →
PARTE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3S1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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