5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AURAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of aura

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 AURAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AURAS 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,303 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED LANCE STILE LEANT THALE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AURAS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,303 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AURAS ranks #9,303 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
30
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
262
222
196
146
123
92
89
59
58
57
57
56
45
36
30
26
26
24
19
18
18
15
13
12
12
12
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AURAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
LANCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.1% →
TRIED 5.23 bits
9.4% →
LANCE 5.37 bits
8.3% →
STILE 5.44 bits
6.2% →
LEANT 4.41 bits
5.2% →
THALE 4.83 bits
3.9% →
MOILE 4.09 bits
3.8% →
CONTE 5.04 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 4.53 bits
2.5% →
CLONE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1U1R1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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