5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AREAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative spelling of arrear (“backward”).

Verb

To raise or erect, to set up or stir up.

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 AREAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AREAR 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,160 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT STALE TORUS SIREE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AREAR 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,160 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AREAR ranks #13,160 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
380
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
35%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
317
240
148
104
94
94
90
87
64
47
46
45
37
34
31
27
22
22
20
20
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AREAR:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
13.4% →
TOILE 5.43 bits
10.2% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
6.3% →
STALE 4.90 bits
4.4% →
TORUS 5.01 bits
4.0% →
SIREE 4.77 bits
4.0% →
PRINT 4.02 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
3.7% →
SLEET 4.91 bits
2.7% →
HOARD 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1E1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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