5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AXONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of 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 AXONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXONS 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,097 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARTE SLIER ROUET STALE DINER
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXONS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,097 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXONS ranks #10,097 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
364
191
185
161
116
92
67
64
61
57
55
51
41
37
27
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXONS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TRIED 5.99 bits
15.4% →
CARTE 5.48 bits
8.1% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
7.8% →
ROUET 5.12 bits
6.8% →
STALE 5.00 bits
4.9% →
DINER 4.94 bits
3.9% →
TRUCE 4.31 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
PORTE 3.88 bits
2.6% →
MOLAR 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8O1N1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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