5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ASTIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈstɜː//əˈstɝ//əˈstɪr/

Adjective

In motion; characterized by motion.

Adjective

Out of bed; up and about.

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 ASTIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASTIR 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 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #456 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _S__R S in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE LANCE CLINE CLADE SLOPE SPALE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASTIR 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#456 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASTIR ranks #456 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,028
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
13
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:
AIRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
24%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

268
192
143
134
123
119
88
69
67
65
64
58
56
53
51
50
47
42
38
35
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23
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASTIR:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
8% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
CLONE 5.89 bits
8.1% →
LANCE 5.48 bits
6.1% →
CLONE 4.94 bits
5.7% →
CLINE 5.14 bits
5.2% →
CLADE 4.63 bits
5.0% →
SLOPE 5.12 bits
3.7% →
SPALE 4.69 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.57 bits
2.8% →
COLEY 3.86 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1T1I1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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