5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AFLOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈfloʊ/

Adverb

flowing

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 AFLOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AFLOW 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,063 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___W A in the 1st position and W in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE RONTE SLIER STANE FRITE
Words starting with A Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFLOW 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFLOW ranks #9,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
394
284
165
156
68
59
58
56
49
45
40
36
33
28
28
28
26
24
22
21
19
19
15
14
12
12
9
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFLOW:

22% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
SIREN 6.06 bits
16.7% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
12.0% →
RONTE 5.34 bits
7.0% →
SLIER 5.04 bits
6.6% →
STANE 4.70 bits
2.9% →
FRITE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
SONCE 4.35 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.88 bits
2.1% →
CRATE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4L1O1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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