5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

AUGUR

AUGUR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡə//ˈoːɡə//ˈɔɡɚ/

Noun

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

Noun

An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

Verb

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 AUGUR performs as a guess

AUGUR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,457 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLICE TRICE CADRE NOISE STONE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AUGUR 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,457 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AUGUR ranks #12,457 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
336
6 guesses
25
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
26%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
A U G U R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AUGUR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

551
404
257
184
101
95
88
73
69
56
36
35
31
26
25
24
24
23
22
21
18
15
14
13
13
12
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AUGUR:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
17.1% →
SLICE 5.43 bits
10.9% →
TRICE 5.35 bits
7.8% →
CADRE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
NOISE 3.68 bits
4.0% →
STONE 4.77 bits
3.7% →
STIME 4.21 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
SLIDE 4.86 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1G2U1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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