5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALACK

ALACK 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

Pronunciation: /əˈlæk/

Interjection

An expression of sorrow or mourning.

Alternative forms: alacke, 'lack

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 ALACK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALACK 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 66.2% of games, misses completely in 33.8%, and leaves about 338 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,586 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___K A in the 1st position and K in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TASER TOILE STIRE IRONE TALER
Words starting with A Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
338 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALACK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,586 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALACK ranks #10,586 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
30%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

798
227
205
121
118
107
78
64
62
54
36
35
29
28
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALACK:

34% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TASER
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
TORSE 6.19 bits
9.6% →
TASER 5.29 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.15 bits
5.1% →
STIRE 5.15 bits
5.0% →
IRONE 5.43 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.62 bits
3.3% →
BIOSE 4.63 bits
2.7% →
DRONE 5.17 bits
2.6% →
RIONE 4.54 bits
2.3% →
CANER 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1A1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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