5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AUGHT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɔːt//oːt//ɔt/

Noun

Zero.

Noun

The digit zero.

Pronoun

Anything whatsoever, any part.

“for aught I know/care”

Adverb

At all, in any degree, in any respect.

Alternative forms: owt

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 AUGHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AUGHT 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__H_ A in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SILER CARLE POIRE TARTE CORSE SNORE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AUGHT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AUGHT ranks #5,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
16
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:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

527
371
120
114
106
103
90
85
78
76
70
56
47
43
35
26
22
21
21
19
19
19
15
15
15
14
13
13
13
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AUGHT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SILER
16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
5% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
SILER 5.97 bits
15.7% →
CARLE 5.50 bits
5.1% →
POIRE 5.29 bits
4.8% →
TARTE 4.85 bits
4.5% →
CORSE 5.50 bits
4.4% →
SNORE 5.19 bits
3.8% →
DRONE 5.42 bits
3.6% →
SLIER 5.16 bits
3.3% →
SLIER 4.48 bits
3.2% →
CARSE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1G2H4T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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