5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARGOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɡəʊ//ˈɑɹɡoʊ//ˈɑɹɡət/

Noun

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Noun

The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.

“The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.”

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 ARGOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARGOT 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #441 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE CLONE SEINE SERRY SHITE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARGOT 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#441 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARGOT ranks #441 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,070
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
14
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:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
246
161
153
114
101
91
73
61
61
60
50
48
46
46
37
33
31
30
28
27
27
26
23
19
18
18
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARGOT:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SLICE 6.06 bits
10.4% →
SLANE 5.49 bits
6.8% →
CLONE 5.26 bits
6.5% →
SEINE 4.93 bits
4.8% →
SERRY 4.61 bits
4.3% →
SHITE 5.14 bits
3.9% →
TASTE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
SOWCE 4.56 bits
2.6% →
SLIER 4.81 bits
2.6% →
LUNGE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1G2O1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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