5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARMER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who arms, or supplies weapons.

Adjective

comparative form of arm: more arm

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 ARMER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARMER 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,119 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT SLATE TORUS SIENT
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARMER 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,119 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARMER ranks #9,119 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
261
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
270
259
148
92
87
84
81
77
71
56
50
50
47
39
39
28
28
27
25
24
23
21
19
19
18
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARMER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
11.5% →
SEINE 5.41 bits
11.0% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
6.3% →
SLATE 5.14 bits
3.9% →
TORUS 5.02 bits
3.7% →
SIENT 4.39 bits
3.6% →
PRINT 4.01 bits
3.4% →
SOILY 3.58 bits
3.3% →
TERSE 4.45 bits
3.0% →
TARDY 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1M3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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