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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ARDOR

Yes, ARDOR was the Wordle answer on November 3, 2023 (Wordle #867).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdə//ˈɑːɹdɚ/

Noun

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Noun

Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

Alternative forms: ardour

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: November 3, 2023 (#867).

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

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How ARDOR performs as a guess

ARDOR 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,762 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE CLOTE SIREE LEAST TUILE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARDOR 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,762 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARDOR ranks #7,762 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
253
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
A R B O R
A R D O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARDOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
375
233
120
89
82
80
61
61
60
55
49
42
40
40
40
36
31
23
22
19
16
15
14
14
12
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARDOR:

20% chance
Suggested:
STILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
STILE 6.09 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.62 bits
9.9% →
CLOTE 5.14 bits
5.1% →
SIREE 5.28 bits
3.8% →
LEAST 4.53 bits
3.5% →
TUILE 5.26 bits
3.4% →
SPITE 4.72 bits
2.6% →
SHUTE 4.69 bits
2.6% →
BLITE 4.82 bits
2.5% →
SINCE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1D2O1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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