5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARISH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of earsh.

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 ARISH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARISH 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,173 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___H A in the 1st position and H in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

OLDEN CLOTE ROUET TILDE SPENT COLEY
Words starting with A Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARISH 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,173 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARISH ranks #1,173 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
17
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:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

271
241
154
144
114
112
89
83
69
62
57
53
50
47
47
42
38
37
31
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23
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARISH:

11% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
OLDEN 5.76 bits
10.2% →
CLOTE 5.24 bits
6.5% →
ROUET 4.98 bits
6.1% →
TILDE 5.17 bits
4.8% →
SPENT 5.14 bits
4.7% →
COLEY 4.58 bits
3.8% →
CONTE 4.61 bits
3.5% →
PLATE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
CLONE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
CONTE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1I1S1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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