Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AZOTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæzəʊt/

Noun

Nitrogen.

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 AZOTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AZOTE 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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

4.79 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AZOTE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AZOTE ranks #11,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
21
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:
AEOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

262
254
232
129
125
114
100
95
94
93
90
71
69
51
50
44
34
33
31
26
25
24
24
20
19
17
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AZOTE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1%
SLIMY 5.54 bits
10.8%
SNARL 5.09 bits
9.8%
SLIER 5.26 bits
5.5%
SIREN 4.55 bits
5.3%
CORNY 4.63 bits
4.8%
REGAL 4.71 bits
4.2%
DROOL 4.12 bits
4.0%
SHUNT 4.95 bits
4.0%
TRAIT 4.50 bits
3.9%
SLEER 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Z10O1T1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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