5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ASTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

Noun

A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

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 ASTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASTER 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,510 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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

COULD CLINE CANAL SOILY CRONY CAIRN
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.53 Entropy (bits)
80 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASTER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASTER ranks #1,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
158
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:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
26%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
150
133
106
105
89
81
78
78
76
71
64
57
56
51
48
45
44
34
30
29
29
28
28
28
26
25
24
24
24

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASTER:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
6% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
6% chance
Suggested:
CANAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
6.4% →
CLINE 5.17 bits
5.6% →
CANAL 5.14 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 4.88 bits
4.5% →
CRONY 4.73 bits
3.8% →
CAIRN 4.12 bits
3.4% →
GLACE 4.63 bits
3.3% →
POIRE 4.12 bits
3.3% →
COUNT 4.86 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 3.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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