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APTLY

Yes, APTLY was the Wordle answer on October 31, 2022 (Wordle #499).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæp(t).li/

Adverb

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

“an aptly named hotel”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 31, 2022 (#499).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How APTLY performs as a guess

APTLY 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,960 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CRAME SHIER GOIER CARSE DORSE
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APTLY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,960 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APTLY ranks #1,960 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
A P T L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches APTLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
246
234
158
123
115
112
82
58
52
43
40
35
35
28
28
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APTLY:

19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRAME
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
RIONE 6.13 bits
10.4% →
CRAME 5.45 bits
9.9% →
SHIER 5.75 bits
6.7% →
GOIER 5.07 bits
5.2% →
CARSE 4.86 bits
4.9% →
DORSE 4.70 bits
4.7% →
SHIRE 4.94 bits
3.5% →
PRONE 5.24 bits
2.5% →
DRONE 4.95 bits
2.2% →
CADRE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3T1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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