5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AXILE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.

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 AXILE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXILE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,096 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _X__E X in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

THORN ROAST SETER SORED PINTO COAST
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXILE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,096 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXILE ranks #10,096 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
32
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:
AEIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
259
232
132
128
112
94
86
84
78
65
59
53
52
47
36
35
32
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXILE:

13% chance
Suggested:
THORN
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
THORN 5.73 bits
11.0% →
ROAST 5.01 bits
9.8% →
SETER 5.50 bits
5.6% →
SORED 4.51 bits
5.4% →
PINTO 4.75 bits
4.7% →
SETER 4.33 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.54 bits
3.6% →
PRINT 4.13 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.21 bits
3.3% →
SLURP 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8I1L1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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