5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ARMET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mɛt//ˈɑɹ.mɛt/

Noun

A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.

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 ARMET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARMET 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #497 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SONLY SCALE SOUTH SORRY
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.53 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARMET 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
#497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARMET ranks #497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
1,010
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
167
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
191
162
95
93
84
75
74
68
63
58
57
56
53
40
40
38
36
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34
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARMET:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
7% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.40 bits
6.9% →
SONLY 5.12 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 3.55 bits
3.9% →
SCALE 4.78 bits
3.6% →
SOUTH 4.84 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 4.25 bits
3.1% →
SORRY 4.76 bits
2.9% →
SIREE 4.24 bits
2.7% →
SONLY 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1M3E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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