5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALICK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A male given name.

Proper noun

A surname.

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 ALICK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALICK 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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

TORSE TARSE RONTE SATER LOWLY TRONE
Words starting with A Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALICK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALICK ranks #4,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
301
170
132
121
117
75
72
65
59
57
45
36
35
32
29
25
23
23
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALICK:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TORSE 6.29 bits
12.8% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
5.6% →
SATER 4.85 bits
5.1% →
LOWLY 4.77 bits
5.0% →
TRONE 5.19 bits
3.2% →
ROUSE 5.26 bits
3.1% →
TORSE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
TRODE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
TILDE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1I1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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