5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARETE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæɹɪtiː//ˈɑɹɪteɪ/

Noun

excellence, goodness; virtue.

Noun

The proper state or condition for a human.

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 ARETE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARETE 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,548 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SONLY HOIST SOLED OLDEN CAROL
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARETE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,548 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARETE ranks #3,548 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
207
118
106
101
93
92
87
82
66
59
47
45
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARETE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
5% chance
Suggested:
HOIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
8.8% →
SONLY 5.17 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.14 bits
4.5% →
SOLED 3.96 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
3.9% →
OLDEN 5.01 bits
3.9% →
CAROL 4.36 bits
3.7% →
SORRY 4.75 bits
3.5% →
TAINT 4.42 bits
2.8% →
PRONG 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1E1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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