5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AXOID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Resembling an axe.

Adjective

Relating to an axis.

Noun

A helix surrounding an axis

Noun

axis (bone)

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 AXOID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXOID 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

TARSE SLEER STILE CRUET CRUSE CAROL
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXOID 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXOID ranks #12,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
371
6 guesses
28
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:
AIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
390
292
194
170
84
57
57
54
47
46
43
40
38
37
20
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXOID:

21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
12% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
16.5% →
SLEER 5.79 bits
12.4% →
STILE 5.25 bits
8.2% →
CRUET 5.03 bits
7.2% →
CRUSE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
CAROL 4.50 bits
2.4% →
LEARY 4.30 bits
2.4% →
SLATE 4.57 bits
2.3% →
DETER 4.55 bits
2.0% →
TRUCE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8O1I1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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