5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ASPIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæspɪs/

Noun

A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain

Noun

A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.

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 ASPIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASPIS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,320 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.

A___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _S__S S in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARTE TRINE ROUET THALE SIENT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASPIS 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
0.73 Volatility
#11,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASPIS ranks #11,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
16%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
427
264
187
136
78
78
76
70
48
45
44
38
33
32
18
16
15
14
13
11
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASPIS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
18% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TONER 5.96 bits
18.1% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
11.2% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.9% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
5.8% →
THALE 5.04 bits
3.3% →
SIENT 4.44 bits
3.3% →
BLORE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
POREY 5.00 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 4.80 bits
2.0% →
SPELT 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1P3I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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