5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AFLAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Flapping.

Adjective

Filled (with something flapping).

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 AFLAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFLAP 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 363 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,019 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___P A in the 1st position and P in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE ROULE POIRE CARSE FRITE
Words starting with A Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
363 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFLAP 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#11,019 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFLAP ranks #11,019 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
9
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
19%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

787
352
220
148
107
96
64
59
52
52
42
34
33
31
29
21
20
18
15
15
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFLAP:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
TRONE 6.17 bits
14.9% →
CARTE 5.50 bits
9.3% →
ROULE 5.01 bits
6.3% →
POIRE 5.52 bits
4.5% →
CARSE 4.66 bits
4.1% →
FRITE 5.23 bits
2.7% →
DRONE 5.16 bits
2.5% →
TRODE 4.51 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.32 bits
2.2% →
TARSE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4L1A1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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