5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ATUAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of atua

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 ATUAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ATUAS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,237 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE THEIR SPINE CRIME TARTE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ATUAS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,237 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ATUAS ranks #10,237 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
27
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:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
286
200
178
134
108
100
74
64
60
59
47
37
37
30
30
30
27
19
17
17
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ATUAS:

23% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
THEIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
DROLE 6.01 bits
12.1% →
CARLE 5.49 bits
8.5% →
THEIR 5.33 bits
7.5% →
SPINE 5.35 bits
5.7% →
CRIME 4.64 bits
4.6% →
TARTE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
SHALE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
CLEAR 4.62 bits
2.7% →
SHIER 4.74 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1T1U1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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