5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASPER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæspə//ˈæspəɹ/

Adjective

Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

Noun

Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Noun

Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

Alternative forms: aspre, aspron

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 ASPER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASPER 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,087 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__R S in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE CANAL SNOUT DROIT CAIRN
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASPER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,087 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASPER ranks #3,087 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
185
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
24%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
183
177
132
130
103
101
88
87
81
71
69
59
47
44
43
43
28
27
25
24
22
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASPER:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CANAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
7.5% →
CANAL 5.07 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.94 bits
5.5% →
DROIT 4.91 bits
4.4% →
CAIRN 4.15 bits
4.3% →
BLATE 4.67 bits
3.7% →
BOITE 4.28 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 3.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1P3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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