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ALIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.lɪst/

Noun

An association list.

Alternative forms: a-list

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.

Why this solver ranks ALIST highly

This solver ranks ALIST highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #22 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.52 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE CARNE DINER CELLO TUTOR SENOR
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALIST 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.

3.52 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALIST ranks #3 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,132
4 guesses
1,000
5 guesses
127
6 guesses
14
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:
AILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

320
223
109
106
99
96
93
76
65
64
52
49
43
41
40
39
38
34
33
32
31
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23
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALIST:

14% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
5% chance
Suggested:
DINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
DRONE 5.97 bits
9.5% →
CARNE 5.37 bits
4.6% →
DINER 5.30 bits
4.5% →
CELLO 4.77 bits
4.2% →
TUTOR 5.24 bits
4.1% →
SENOR 4.93 bits
3.9% →
CARLE 4.62 bits
3.2% →
DRONE 4.91 bits
2.8% →
TARTE 4.47 bits
2.7% →
CRAPE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1I1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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