5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AXMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of axeman.

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 AXMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXMAN 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 61.9% of games, misses completely in 38.1%, and leaves about 462 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,003 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TARSE TOISE ROUSE CRUET DROLE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
462 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXMAN 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,003 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXMAN ranks #14,003 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
604
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
31
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
20%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

899
404
268
118
99
86
65
60
58
35
32
19
18
15
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXMAN:

38% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.1% →
TOILE 5.94 bits
17.1% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
11.4% →
TOISE 5.42 bits
5.0% →
ROUSE 5.24 bits
4.2% →
CRUET 4.64 bits
3.6% →
TARSE 4.22 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 5.08 bits
2.5% →
SCARE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
SOWER 4.63 bits
1.5% →
POLEY 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8M3A1N1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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