5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALCOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of alco

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 ALCOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALCOS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,225 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position AL_OS A in the 1st position, L in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRIDE RONTE STIRE PRATE LIBEL
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALCOS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,225 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALCOS ranks #1,225 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,104
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
21%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

334
229
195
172
119
116
102
95
78
72
52
49
47
45
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34
33
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALCOS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
TRIED 6.06 bits
9.7% →
TRIDE 5.35 bits
8.3% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.54 bits
5.0% →
PRATE 5.05 bits
4.9% →
LIBEL 5.05 bits
4.3% →
PARTE 4.60 bits
4.0% →
CRINE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1C3O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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