5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALDOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈældɒl/

Noun

Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position

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 ALDOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALDOL 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,688 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__L L in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE RONTE DINER SHIRE SALLE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALDOL 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,688 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALDOL ranks #8,688 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
17
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
391
296
92
90
72
67
57
52
52
51
50
46
42
30
29
26
24
24
18
16
14
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALDOL:

22% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
SIREN 6.09 bits
16.6% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
12.6% →
RONTE 5.40 bits
3.9% →
DINER 5.15 bits
3.8% →
SHIRE 4.84 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SPICE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
DEARY 4.57 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.10 bits
2.2% →
SPICE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1D2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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