5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALFAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of alfa

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 ALFAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALFAS 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,922 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE ROUET LIBEL PEART LADLE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALFAS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,922 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALFAS ranks #9,922 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
288
285
189
118
81
66
59
55
45
43
41
30
26
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALFAS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
12.2% →
CARTE 5.48 bits
12.1% →
ROUET 5.59 bits
8.0% →
LIBEL 5.01 bits
5.0% →
PEART 4.80 bits
3.4% →
LADLE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
URINE 4.96 bits
2.5% →
CRONE 4.48 bits
2.3% →
DRONE 5.17 bits
1.9% →
TRODE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1F4A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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