5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AXING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæksɪŋ/

Verb

present participle and gerund of ax

Verb

present participle and gerund of axe

Noun

An assault carried out with an axe.

Noun

The process of something being axed or terminated.

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 AXING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXING 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,132 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___G A in the 1st position and G in the 5th position A__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

SOREL CARLE TILDE CRUET SOLER ROULE
Words starting with A Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXING 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,132 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXING ranks #12,132 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
723
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
27
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
482
171
140
127
85
73
73
63
57
55
55
35
30
27
21
19
17
16
16
14
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXING:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
20% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
SOREL 6.05 bits
20.4% →
CARLE 5.56 bits
7.3% →
TILDE 5.06 bits
5.9% →
CRUET 4.98 bits
5.4% →
SOLER 5.04 bits
3.6% →
ROULE 5.30 bits
3.1% →
SOREL 4.70 bits
3.1% →
BLORE 4.98 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.28 bits
2.4% →
TORSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8I1N1G2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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