5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARCUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹkəs//ˈɑːkəs/

Noun

A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea

Noun

A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow

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 ARCUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARCUS 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE LEANT TONEY STILE STALE GUILT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARCUS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARCUS ranks #2,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
216
172
170
121
117
117
93
91
73
66
61
58
57
40
39
36
29
27
26
25
23
22
21
20
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15
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARCUS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
9.2% →
LEANT 5.29 bits
7.3% →
TONEY 5.01 bits
7.2% →
STILE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
STALE 4.99 bits
5.0% →
GUILT 4.86 bits
5.0% →
EARLY 4.44 bits
3.9% →
BLITE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
CLINE 5.17 bits
3.1% →
TOILE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1C3U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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