5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALANT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of alaunt.

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 ALANT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALANT 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,199 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DORSE SHORE CELLO SIDER SORED CRUSE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALANT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,199 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALANT ranks #3,199 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
23
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:
ALNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
183
181
163
153
103
102
86
76
73
68
53
33
32
29
29
27
24
23
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALANT:

20% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHORE
8% chance
Suggested:
CELLO

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
DORSE 5.96 bits
7.8% →
SHORE 5.48 bits
7.7% →
CELLO 4.87 bits
6.9% →
SIDER 5.31 bits
6.5% →
SORED 5.01 bits
4.4% →
CRUSE 5.05 bits
4.3% →
SIRED 5.19 bits
3.6% →
SALLE 4.61 bits
3.2% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
GORSE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1A1N1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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