5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ASSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪz//ˈæsiːz/

Noun

plural of ass

Noun

plural of as (“Roman coin”)

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 ASSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASSES 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,587 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__S S in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT CARAT TRINE OLDER CRATE SNOUT
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASSES 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,587 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASSES ranks #14,587 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
510
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
441
6 guesses
39
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
336
324
200
185
166
111
108
73
58
52
37
34
22
13
13
13
12
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASSES:

22% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
14% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
COUNT 5.69 bits
14.2% →
CARAT 5.03 bits
13.7% →
TRINE 5.22 bits
8.5% →
OLDER 4.16 bits
7.8% →
CRATE 4.84 bits
7.0% →
SNOUT 4.82 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.42 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.56 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.12 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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