5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASPRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

associate professor

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 ASPRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASPRO 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___O A in the 1st position and O in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

TILDE LEANT CLONE TRIED STILE CADET
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASPRO 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASPRO ranks #3,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
17
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
17%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
242
183
178
140
140
120
118
77
54
48
47
45
36
34
31
30
29
26
23
23
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16
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASPRO:

14% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TILDE 5.93 bits
10.3% →
LEANT 5.27 bits
7.8% →
CLONE 4.95 bits
7.5% →
TRIED 5.25 bits
5.9% →
STILE 5.30 bits
5.9% →
CADET 4.50 bits
5.1% →
STALE 5.00 bits
5.0% →
CONTE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
SCOTE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
SUITE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1P3R1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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