5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AFALD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 AFALD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFALD 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,856 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TORSE CATER POIRE CRISE RIONE FRITE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFALD 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,856 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFALD ranks #9,856 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
10
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

787
256
191
152
133
95
87
78
54
50
46
34
32
18
17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFALD:

33% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CATER
8% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
10.9% →
CATER 5.35 bits
8.1% →
POIRE 5.03 bits
6.4% →
CRISE 5.10 bits
5.6% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
4.0% →
CATER 4.68 bits
3.7% →
FRITE 5.13 bits
3.3% →
SUITE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
CRISE 4.33 bits
2.1% →
TRONE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4A1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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