Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ASKOI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of askos

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 ASKOI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASKOI 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,255 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASKOI 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASKOI ranks #11,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
22
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:
AIOS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
296
283
256
149
134
94
85
78
59
51
50
49
44
30
26
24
23
22
22
19
18
16
16
15
15
15
15
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASKOI:

15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
13% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEPER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8%
CARTE 5.44 bits
12.6%
TILDE 5.33 bits
12.0%
LEPER 5.45 bits
10.9%
TRODE 5.02 bits
6.3%
STALE 4.98 bits
5.7%
SLEET 5.11 bits
4.0%
STORE 4.72 bits
3.6%
STILE 4.57 bits
3.3%
NADIR 4.58 bits
2.5%
MORAL 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1K5O1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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