5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ASURA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of Asura.

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 ASURA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ASURA 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,969 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _S__A S in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE LANCE STILE CADET THALE BLITE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ASURA 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,969 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ASURA ranks #10,969 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
33
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
3 vowels
Common:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
280
259
201
176
134
125
58
56
56
53
47
39
33
33
30
28
26
22
20
17
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ASURA:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LANCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.9% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
11.0% →
LANCE 5.49 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.48 bits
7.5% →
CADET 4.47 bits
5.7% →
THALE 4.94 bits
5.3% →
BLITE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
CLONE 4.89 bits
2.4% →
CONTE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
SEISE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1S1U1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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