5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ARETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of aret

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 ARETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARETS 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD MOILE CANAL DOREE SLINK LANCE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.63 Entropy (bits)
80 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARETS 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARETS ranks #294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
1,015
4 guesses
1,083
5 guesses
152
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:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
29%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
176
133
124
95
85
74
73
69
64
58
57
53
53
48
45
42
39
34
34
30
30
29
29
28
24
24
23
21
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARETS:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
7% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
CANAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
7.5% →
MOILE 5.20 bits
5.6% →
CANAL 5.14 bits
5.3% →
DOREE 4.06 bits
4.0% →
SLINK 4.80 bits
3.6% →
LANCE 4.67 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.36 bits
3.1% →
COUNT 4.80 bits
2.9% →
SHALY 4.41 bits
2.7% →
CURRY 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1E1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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