5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AWAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative form of a ways.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of away

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 AWAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AWAYS 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,321 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__Y_ A in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE STIRE LATER MOILE STILE DROLE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWAYS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,321 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWAYS ranks #13,321 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
653
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
21%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
282
276
199
138
96
78
74
71
58
55
28
24
22
19
18
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
11
10
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWAYS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
TRICE 6.16 bits
12.0% →
STIRE 5.48 bits
11.7% →
LATER 5.46 bits
8.4% →
MOILE 4.58 bits
5.8% →
TRICE 5.09 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.30 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 4.92 bits
3.1% →
TARDY 3.98 bits
3.0% →
DRONE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4A1Y4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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