Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASHET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A large, shallow, oval dish used for serving food.

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 ASHET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASHET 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,007 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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

5.18 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASHET 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,007 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASHET ranks #4,007 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
210
205
146
121
108
77
72
67
51
49
48
47
47
46
35
34
33
31
30
29
29
28
28
28
25
24
23
22
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASHET:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2%
COULD 5.48 bits
8.9%
CAIRN 5.09 bits
8.7%
NOIRE 5.10 bits
6.2%
OLDER 4.23 bits
5.1%
GLARE 4.64 bits
4.6%
SPOIL 4.94 bits
3.3%
PRONE 4.68 bits
3.1%
SCALY 4.38 bits
2.8%
POUCH 4.70 bits
2.2%
RAINY 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1H4E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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