5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Preposition

Pronunciation spelling of after.

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 ARTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARTER 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,904 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SONLY HOIST SLANE SAINT
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARTER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARTER ranks #6,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
241
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
215
207
135
111
78
73
72
70
68
66
65
63
53
40
39
38
35
34
29
28
27
24
23
23
19
19
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARTER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
9.1% →
SEINE 5.37 bits
8.8% →
SONLY 5.17 bits
5.7% →
HOIST 5.19 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 4.59 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SOILY 3.61 bits
3.1% →
SEINE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
OLDEN 4.09 bits
2.9% →
SIREE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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