5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AZOIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to azo dyes.

Adjective

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life.

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 AZOIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AZOIC 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,843 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___C A in the 1st position and C in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

TARSE SLEER TRINE RONTE SENOR CARLE
Words starting with A Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AZOIC 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,843 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AZOIC ranks #12,843 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
32
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
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
368
293
208
150
124
95
65
63
62
52
46
43
41
40
39
24
24
19
14
11
11
10
10
10
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AZOIC:

18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
15.6% →
SLEER 5.84 bits
12.4% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
8.8% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
6.4% →
SENOR 4.43 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 4.94 bits
4.0% →
TRUCE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
SONAR 4.40 bits
2.7% →
TRICE 4.33 bits
2.6% →
SLEET 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Z10O1I1C3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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