5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARRIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæɹɪs/

Noun

A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces

Noun

A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces

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 ARRIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARRIS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,603 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE LANCE LITHE STOLE THALE ROUET
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARRIS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARRIS ranks #7,603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
288
203
172
141
116
92
87
84
64
61
59
50
48
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40
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARRIS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
12% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
9% chance
Suggested:
LITHE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
CLOTE 5.76 bits
12.2% →
LANCE 5.44 bits
8.6% →
LITHE 5.11 bits
7.3% →
STOLE 5.24 bits
6.0% →
THALE 5.00 bits
4.9% →
ROUET 4.83 bits
3.9% →
COLEY 4.49 bits
3.7% →
CONTE 4.65 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.40 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1R1I1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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