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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ATAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of atap

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 ATAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ATAPS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,037 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__P_ A in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE RIONE CARLE DRICE TREAT PRICE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ATAPS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,037 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ATAPS ranks #7,037 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
246
230
187
110
97
96
72
62
54
54
45
40
34
27
24
22
21
19
19
19
18
18
15
14
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ATAPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
NOIRE 5.98 bits
10.4% →
RIONE 5.41 bits
9.8% →
CARLE 5.40 bits
7.9% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
4.7% →
DRICE 4.98 bits
4.1% →
TREAT 4.35 bits
4.1% →
PRICE 5.10 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.67 bits
2.6% →
BLORE 4.90 bits
2.3% →
SLIER 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1T1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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