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ARGUE

Yes, ARGUE was the Wordle answer on August 31, 2021 (Wordle #73).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɡjuː//ˈɑɹ.ɡju/

Verb

To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

“The new increase in crime argues for even tougher jail sentences, according to some.”

Verb

To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

“He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.”

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: August 31, 2021 (#73).

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

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How ARGUE performs as a guess

ARGUE 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SONLY SLEET SEITY SOILY METAL
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARGUE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARGUE ranks #4,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
36%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S U R G E
A R G U E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARGUE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

256
244
192
140
138
103
102
88
73
72
61
58
42
40
36
33
31
29
29
29
28
25
21
21
20
20
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARGUE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SLOTH 5.56 bits
10.3% →
SONLY 5.15 bits
8.1% →
SLEET 5.28 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.66 bits
5.9% →
SEITY 3.98 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 4.26 bits
3.7% →
METAL 4.58 bits
3.1% →
THORN 4.93 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1G2U1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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