Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AZOLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæz.oʊl//əˈzoʊl/

Noun

Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds

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 AZOLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AZOLE 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,148 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.

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AZOLE 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
0.72 Volatility
#10,148 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AZOLE ranks #10,148 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
26
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:
AELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
35%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
257
249
154
131
110
106
85
84
78
71
67
62
55
45
44
33
30
30
27
26
25
22
21
21
21
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AZOLE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0%
SHIRT 5.76 bits
10.9%
TRAIN 5.11 bits
10.6%
DETER 5.50 bits
6.5%
DONUT 5.02 bits
5.6%
SIREN 4.60 bits
4.7%
SETER 4.39 bits
4.5%
TROOP 4.33 bits
3.6%
SHART 4.21 bits
3.6%
SNAIL 4.42 bits
3.3%
SLINK 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Z10O1L1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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