5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AZUKI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of adzuki.

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 AZUKI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AZUKI 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 338 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,506 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___I A in the 1st position and I in the 5th position A__K_ A in the 1st position and K in the 4th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE TRINE SOLER TRONE TRAIN
Words starting with A Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
338 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AZUKI 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AZUKI ranks #14,506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
552
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
437
6 guesses
35
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:
AIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
16%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

531
526
404
185
109
100
87
55
50
35
33
32
31
27
18
17
14
14
11
9
8
8
7
6
4
4
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AZUKI:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
22% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
SOREL 5.83 bits
22.3% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
17.1% →
TRINE 5.33 bits
7.8% →
SOLER 4.98 bits
4.6% →
TRONE 4.82 bits
4.2% →
TRAIN 4.81 bits
3.7% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
2.3% →
CARSE 4.15 bits
2.1% →
CLINE 4.28 bits
1.5% →
CRISE 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Z10U1K5I1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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