5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of alap

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 ALAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALAPS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__P_ A in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET LIBEL DRICE TALER RIONE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALAPS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALAPS ranks #6,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
15
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
240
217
184
102
96
95
72
64
58
54
54
34
26
24
24
23
19
19
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALAPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
10.2% →
ROUET 5.63 bits
9.2% →
TONER 5.32 bits
7.8% →
LIBEL 5.03 bits
4.3% →
DRICE 5.02 bits
4.1% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.0% →
RIONE 5.24 bits
3.1% →
CONTE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.29 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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