5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of alay

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 ALAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALAYS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,602 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__Y_ A in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE STIRE CATER RIONE GOIER DRICE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALAYS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALAYS ranks #9,602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
24
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)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
255
185
158
145
99
88
80
74
61
56
53
50
47
34
32
24
22
21
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALAYS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TRINE 6.30 bits
10.8% →
STIRE 5.55 bits
7.8% →
CATER 5.42 bits
6.7% →
RIONE 4.78 bits
6.1% →
GOIER 4.90 bits
4.2% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
3.7% →
CATER 4.60 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
CRUET 4.25 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1A1Y4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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