5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ASHES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ.ɪz//ˈæʃ.əz/

Noun

plural of ash

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ash

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 ASHES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASHES 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__S S in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TALON NOIRE OLDER GLARE SPOUT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASHES 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASHES ranks #13,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
649
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
30
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
289
276
184
159
152
123
98
97
70
52
48
47
47
40
36
36
25
24
19
14
13
12
11
7
7
7
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASHES:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
12% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
DROIT 5.57 bits
12.3% →
TALON 5.03 bits
11.7% →
NOIRE 5.10 bits
7.8% →
OLDER 4.21 bits
6.7% →
GLARE 4.63 bits
6.4% →
SPOUT 4.96 bits
5.2% →
TOUCH 5.19 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 4.56 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1H4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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