5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ASKED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːskt/[ˈɑːsk̚t]/ˈɑːst/

Verb

simple past and past participle of ask

Adjective

Arsed (bothered; willing to make an effort).

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 ASKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASKED 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _S__D S in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT CARAT TRINE SPOUT RONTE GLARE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASKED 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASKED ranks #9,289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,315
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
14
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

359
244
234
169
146
140
114
113
63
60
58
54
47
45
39
39
36
36
35
29
25
24
19
18
16
15
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASKED:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
COUNT 5.76 bits
10.3% →
CARAT 5.13 bits
9.9% →
TRINE 5.26 bits
7.2% →
SPOUT 5.21 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.24 bits
5.9% →
GLARE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.59 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.66 bits
2.7% →
URITE 4.34 bits
2.5% →
DROIT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1K5E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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