5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AROID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.

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 AROID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AROID 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,903 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLEPT SIENT PALET TERSE COLEY
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AROID 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,903 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AROID ranks #1,903 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
13
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:
AIOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
229
204
125
123
111
107
85
56
53
51
42
41
40
40
38
36
35
32
30
29
28
27
27
24
17
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AROID:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLEPT
9% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
9.7% →
SLEPT 5.70 bits
8.7% →
SIENT 5.34 bits
5.3% →
PALET 4.57 bits
5.2% →
TERSE 5.09 bits
4.7% →
COLEY 4.68 bits
4.5% →
SHULE 4.54 bits
3.6% →
TORSE 4.26 bits
2.4% →
RISEN 4.18 bits
2.2% →
CONTE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1O1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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