5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ALGAE

ALGAE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.d͡ʒi//ˈæl.ɡi//ˈæl.ɡiː/

Noun

plural of alga

Noun

Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ALGAE performs as a guess

ALGAE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,898 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT DETER CHART CRISE SILLY LEVEL
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALGAE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,898 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALGAE ranks #8,898 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
241
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
H A L V E
A L G A E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALGAE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
299
245
172
113
82
74
69
64
57
56
37
34
34
33
31
29
27
26
25
24
23
21
20
17
17
17
16
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALGAE:

19% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
CHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
COURT 5.98 bits
12.7% →
DETER 5.39 bits
10.4% →
CHART 5.23 bits
7.3% →
CRISE 4.58 bits
4.8% →
SILLY 4.97 bits
3.5% →
LEVEL 3.99 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.34 bits
2.9% →
EARTH 4.30 bits
2.7% →
GOURD 4.71 bits
2.4% →
STALL 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1G2A1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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