5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALECS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural 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 ALECS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALECS 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TENOR DONUT RAINY HOIST SENOR TARGE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALECS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALECS ranks #1,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
13
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
26%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

276
264
163
138
96
96
84
77
77
65
55
49
47
42
41
40
37
36
31
30
27
26
24
23
22
19
19
19
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALECS:

12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
11% chance
Suggested:
DONUT
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
TENOR 5.21 bits
11.2% →
DONUT 5.71 bits
6.9% →
RAINY 4.88 bits
5.9% →
HOIST 5.13 bits
4.1% →
SENOR 4.72 bits
4.1% →
TARGE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
DILLY 4.84 bits
3.3% →
BOREE 4.25 bits
3.3% →
STARY 4.47 bits
2.8% →
RAINY 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1E1C3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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