5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ASIDE

Yes, ASIDE was the Wordle answer on December 28, 2021 (Wordle #192).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪd/

Adverb

To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

“Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.”

Adverb

Excluded from consideration.

“joking aside”

Adjective

Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.

Noun

An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 28, 2021 (#192).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ASIDE performs as a guess

ASIDE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,197 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__D_ A in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _S__E S in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY CARAT TENOR METAL SHUNT SHALT
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASIDE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,197 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASIDE ranks #5,197 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
207
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
33%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
A S I D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ASIDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
215
195
130
126
111
109
86
69
69
65
56
51
49
47
45
44
44
42
32
32
30
27
26
20
20
20
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASIDE:

10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
8% chance
Suggested:
TENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
TRULY 5.48 bits
9.1% →
CARAT 5.13 bits
8.3% →
TENOR 5.07 bits
5.5% →
METAL 4.57 bits
5.3% →
SHUNT 4.89 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 4.68 bits
4.6% →
PILOT 4.75 bits
3.6% →
COURE 4.42 bits
2.9% →
CLING 3.97 bits
2.9% →
STEEP 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1I1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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