5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALEAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

leaking

Adverb

leaking

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 ALEAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALEAK 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___K A in the 1st position and K in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT RIONE TRAIN CARTE SILLY BOREE
Words starting with A Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% 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 ALEAK 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALEAK ranks #12,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
32
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
427
244
149
121
95
84
56
55
53
42
41
33
31
30
26
23
22
20
19
19
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14
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALEAK:

20% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
18% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SNORT 5.84 bits
18.1% →
RIONE 5.29 bits
10.3% →
TRAIN 5.11 bits
6.3% →
CARTE 4.93 bits
5.1% →
SILLY 4.78 bits
4.0% →
BOREE 4.24 bits
3.6% →
SETER 4.83 bits
2.4% →
STALL 4.19 bits
2.3% →
SALLE 3.95 bits
2.2% →
SAUNT 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1E1A1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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