5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ARMOR

ARMOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə//ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/

Noun

A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

Noun

A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

Verb

To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.

Verb

To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Alternative forms: armour

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

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 ARMOR performs as a guess

ARMOR 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,244 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE LEAST CLOTE SIREE SPITE PEATY
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARMOR 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,244 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARMOR ranks #8,244 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
269
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARMOR in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
369
236
121
92
92
73
65
61
58
55
54
50
44
43
41
32
30
22
17
15
14
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARMOR:

21% chance
Suggested:
STILE
16% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
STILE 6.14 bits
15.6% →
LEAST 5.61 bits
10.0% →
CLOTE 5.08 bits
5.1% →
SIREE 5.26 bits
3.9% →
SPITE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
PEATY 4.54 bits
3.1% →
SIENT 3.96 bits
2.8% →
SHUTE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
BLITE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
SIENT 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1M3O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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