5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AWETO

AWETO 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

A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.

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 AWETO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AWETO 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 89.5% of games, misses completely in 10.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,047 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O A in the 1st position and O in the 5th position A__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position

Try next

SIREE SLIMY SNARL CARLE COLON CORSE
Words starting with A Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWETO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,047 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWETO ranks #8,047 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
266
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
22%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
248
236
180
171
127
89
88
76
74
73
65
48
35
35
33
28
26
26
23
23
22
22
21
19
19
19
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWETO:

11% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
10% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SIREE 5.25 bits
10.5% →
SLIMY 5.53 bits
10.0% →
SNARL 5.08 bits
7.6% →
CARLE 4.84 bits
7.3% →
COLON 4.94 bits
5.4% →
CORSE 4.44 bits
3.8% →
SHUNT 5.00 bits
3.7% →
TRAIT 4.51 bits
3.2% →
COURT 4.28 bits
3.1% →
SIREE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4E1T1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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