5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AXLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæksəlz/

Noun

plural of axle

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 AXLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXLES 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE CAIRN SNORT TONER COULD
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXLES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXLES ranks #10,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
256
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
239
227
159
141
120
112
97
94
91
61
59
55
45
44
43
36
34
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26
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXLES:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
COUNT 5.80 bits
10.1% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
9.6% →
CAIRN 5.14 bits
6.7% →
SNORT 5.09 bits
6.0% →
TONER 4.37 bits
5.1% →
COULD 4.79 bits
4.7% →
CRATE 4.93 bits
4.1% →
RONTE 4.67 bits
4.0% →
SCANT 4.56 bits
3.9% →
CAROL 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8L1E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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