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AWAIT

Yes, AWAIT was the Wordle answer on September 3, 2023 (Wordle #806).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈweɪt/

Verb

To wait for.

“I await your reply to my letter.”

Verb

To expect.

Noun

A waiting for; ambush.

Noun

Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

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: September 3, 2023 (#806).

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

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How AWAIT performs as a guess

AWAIT 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,704 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _W__T W in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER RINSE CARLE CRUSE SHOER SOREL
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWAIT 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,704 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWAIT ranks #10,704 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
20
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:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
A W A I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AWAIT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
268
255
162
156
85
79
71
63
62
49
49
37
34
31
28
26
22
20
19
18
17
17
15
14
12
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWAIT:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
SOLER 5.93 bits
11.4% →
RINSE 5.29 bits
10.8% →
CARLE 5.37 bits
6.9% →
CRUSE 5.03 bits
6.6% →
SHOER 5.54 bits
3.6% →
SOREL 5.11 bits
3.4% →
TASTE 4.48 bits
3.0% →
WORLD 4.92 bits
2.7% →
TRITE 4.27 bits
2.6% →
CLONE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4A1I1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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