5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALGOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Cold, chilliness.

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 ALGOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALGOR 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,803 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE SPITE CONTE CADRE SILLY
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALGOR 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALGOR ranks #1,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
15
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:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
27%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

302
226
184
169
143
120
113
103
65
58
50
46
46
37
36
34
30
26
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALGOR:

13% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
8% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SIENT 6.09 bits
9.6% →
CASTE 5.40 bits
7.8% →
SPITE 5.54 bits
7.2% →
CONTE 5.25 bits
6.1% →
CADRE 4.60 bits
5.1% →
SILLY 5.04 bits
4.8% →
SATED 4.73 bits
4.4% →
STONE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
SEINE 3.75 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1G2O1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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