5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ALALA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A crow native to Hawaii, of species Corvus hawaiiensis.

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 ALALA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALALA 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 54.7% of games, misses completely in 45.3%, and leaves about 558 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,652 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER TRICE RIONE SOUCE TARSE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.12 Entropy (bits)
558 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALALA 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,652 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALALA ranks #14,652 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
559
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
481
6 guesses
50
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

2/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
32%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1067
286
197
142
113
91
73
60
46
45
31
25
16
16
16
14
13
12
11
10
8
7
6
6
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALALA:

45% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.3% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
12.1% →
TONER 5.11 bits
8.4% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
6.0% →
RIONE 4.92 bits
4.8% →
SOUCE 4.73 bits
3.9% →
TARSE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
DRONE 5.21 bits
2.5% →
URITE 4.61 bits
2.0% →
SPICE 3.74 bits
1.9% →
HOISE 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1A1L1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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