5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ARSED

ARSED 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: /ɑːst/

Verb

simple past and past participle of arse.

Adjective

Bothered; willing to make an effort.

“I can’t be arsed to get out of bed today.”

Adjective

Having a particular kind of arse

“a big-arsed man”

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 ARSED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARSED 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,161 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT CANAL TOILE SPILT CLAME SLEPT
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.46 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARSED 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,161 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARSED ranks #1,161 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
35%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
174
154
131
96
83
82
80
76
69
64
63
59
45
45
43
41
37
36
35
34
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26
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARSED:

11% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
CANAL
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
COUNT 5.74 bits
7.4% →
CANAL 5.12 bits
6.5% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
5.6% →
SPILT 4.90 bits
4.1% →
CLAME 4.62 bits
3.5% →
TOILE 3.44 bits
3.5% →
SLEPT 4.56 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.73 bits
3.2% →
TORCH 5.02 bits
2.9% →
CAROL 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1S1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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