5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALECK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish usage, variant of Alec.

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 ALECK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALECK 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,803 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIN TARSE SILLY BOREE
Words starting with A Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALECK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALECK ranks #5,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
21
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
358
223
122
99
87
87
66
64
62
57
49
44
43
33
31
26
24
24
22
20
20
19
18
17
17
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALECK:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SNORT 5.92 bits
15.2% →
SIREE 5.39 bits
9.5% →
TRAIN 5.24 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
4.2% →
SILLY 4.71 bits
3.7% →
BOREE 4.25 bits
3.7% →
SOLAR 4.32 bits
2.8% →
SETER 4.89 bits
2.7% →
REATE 4.10 bits
2.6% →
COURT 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1E1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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