Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

AROSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 97.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈɹoʊz/

Verb

simple past of arise

Verb

past participle of arise

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 AROSE performs as a guess

AROSE 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 92.1% of games, misses completely in 7.9%, and leaves about 67 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #85 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

First-turn measures

5.77 Entropy (bits)
67 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
97.1% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AROSE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AROSE ranks #1,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
18
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:
AEORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
39%
All gray
8%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A D O R E
A R O S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AROSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

187
149
121
109
105
81
80
80
69
60
56
52
49
47
47
44
43
40
39
38
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33
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25
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25

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AROSE:

8% chance
Suggested:
CLING
6% chance
Suggested:
CANAL
5% chance
Suggested:
BETEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.9%
CLING 5.25 bits
6.3%
CANAL 4.87 bits
5.1%
BETEL 5.02 bits
4.6%
DONUT 4.85 bits
4.5%
RIVET 4.15 bits
3.4%
TUILE 4.68 bits
3.4%
STINK 4.79 bits
3.4%
METAL 4.61 bits
2.9%
SLANT 4.57 bits
2.5%
PALET 3.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1O1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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