Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

ATOKS

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

No dictionary definition for ATOKS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ATOKS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ATOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ATOKS 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,247 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ATOKS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.61 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ATOKS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,247 Rank among openers
Opening with ATOKS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,247 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

ATOKS can come back 83 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

410 answers
299 answers
188 answers
176 answers
138 answers
132 answers
110 answers
88 answers
75 answers
65 answers
57 answers
55 answers
39 answers
38 answers
35 answers
34 answers
33 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
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14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1T1O1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing ATOKS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ATOKS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ATOKS:

17% chance
Suggested:
LINER
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
LINER 5.95 bits
12.5% →
CARLE 5.52 bits
7.9% →
ROULE 4.89 bits
7.4% →
TRITE 5.38 bits
5.8% →
SLIER 5.22 bits
5.5% →
CARET 4.56 bits
4.6% →
SPALE 4.86 bits
3.7% →
DRONE 4.32 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.41 bits
2.7% →
MACRO 4.50 bits

Research on ATOKS

Game-tree analysis and word research for ATOKS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ATOKS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #7,075 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.84 guesses at best and is rank #2,577 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).