5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AXITE

AXITE 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 type of smokeless gunpowder.

Noun

The terminal branch of an axon.

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 AXITE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXITE 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,658 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _X__E X in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SNARL SOLER ROUSE REGAL SONLY
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXITE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXITE ranks #10,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
290
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIT

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
270
218
136
116
107
91
91
88
87
86
56
54
48
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43
38
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXITE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARL
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SURLY 5.39 bits
11.5% →
SNARL 5.03 bits
9.2% →
SOLER 4.98 bits
5.8% →
ROUSE 4.59 bits
4.9% →
REGAL 4.71 bits
4.5% →
SONLY 4.69 bits
3.9% →
CRUST 5.30 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.02 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.46 bits
3.7% →
SONLY 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8I1T1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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