5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ALLAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A male given name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan.

Proper noun

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.

Alternative forms: Alan, Allen, Alen

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 ALLAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALLAN 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 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 344 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,131 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TOISE GOIER SOUCE CADET
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
344 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALLAN 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALLAN ranks #12,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
28
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

762
336
249
137
89
75
75
57
56
50
39
35
32
30
23
22
19
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11
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALLAN:

32% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
14.2% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
10.6% →
TOISE 5.49 bits
5.8% →
GOIER 4.93 bits
3.8% →
SOUCE 4.81 bits
3.2% →
CADET 4.20 bits
3.2% →
TARSE 4.63 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.34 bits
2.4% →
SOWER 4.67 bits
2.1% →
TRODE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1L1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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