5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALIMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of alim

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 ALIMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALIMS 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,708 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__M_ A in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE TONER RONTE PEART HELLO
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALIMS 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,708 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALIMS ranks #1,708 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
180
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
263
185
152
118
107
106
98
58
54
54
52
51
43
39
38
37
37
26
25
21
19
19
18
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALIMS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRONE 6.05 bits
11.2% →
TRACE 5.57 bits
7.8% →
TONER 5.52 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 5.27 bits
5.0% →
PEART 5.02 bits
4.5% →
HELLO 4.66 bits
4.5% →
LATER 4.78 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.04 bits
2.5% →
HOMER 4.90 bits
2.3% →
TILDE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1I1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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