5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AULOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes.

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 AULOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AULOS 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,541 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRICE TRONE PRATE REACT FLIER
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AULOS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,541 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AULOS ranks #3,541 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
285
198
126
126
124
106
80
74
64
54
44
43
42
41
40
38
33
31
29
24
24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AULOS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
TRINE 5.82 bits
12.1% →
TRICE 5.64 bits
8.4% →
TRONE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
PRATE 5.02 bits
5.3% →
REACT 4.70 bits
5.3% →
TRINE 5.38 bits
4.5% →
FLIER 4.72 bits
3.4% →
STORE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
PRICE 4.13 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 5.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1L1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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