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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

AVERT

Yes, AVERT was the Wordle answer on November 19, 2022 (Wordle #518).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈvɝt//əˈvɜːt/

Verb

To turn aside or away.

“I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.”

Verb

To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

“How can the danger be averted?”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 19, 2022 (#518).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How AVERT performs as a guess

AVERT 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,322 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__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _V__T V in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOISE SONLY POISE CRONY SOUTH
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AVERT 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,322 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AVERT ranks #5,322 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
14
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A V E R T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AVERT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
202
192
163
117
96
92
91
64
62
59
56
55
35
35
33
33
33
33
30
30
28
25
25
22
22
21
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21
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AVERT:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
8.6% →
NOISE 5.11 bits
8.1% →
SONLY 5.14 bits
6.9% →
POISE 4.45 bits
5.0% →
CRONY 4.59 bits
4.1% →
SOUTH 4.88 bits
3.9% →
LANCE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
BARON 4.12 bits
2.7% →
SONLY 4.19 bits
2.6% →
TITLE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1V4E1R1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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