5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ASPIC

ASPIC 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.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæspɪk/

Noun

A meat or fish jelly.

Noun

A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.

Adjective

Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.

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 ASPIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASPIC 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,587 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___C A in the 1st position and C in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _S__C S in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TONER LATER TRINE ROUET STALE CRONE
Words starting with A Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASPIC 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,587 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASPIC ranks #5,587 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
15%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
318
216
182
123
122
108
80
74
59
48
47
47
36
35
33
29
28
27
25
17
16
16
16
15
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASPIC:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
LATER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TONER 5.98 bits
13.5% →
LATER 5.32 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
7.7% →
ROUET 5.56 bits
5.2% →
STALE 5.03 bits
5.2% →
CRONE 5.32 bits
4.6% →
CRATE 4.85 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
BLORE 5.18 bits
2.5% →
POREY 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1P3I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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