5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

ALLAY

ALLAY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈleɪ/

Verb

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

“to allay popular excitement”

Verb

To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

“to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity”

Noun

Alleviation; abatement; check.

Noun

An alloy.

Alternative forms: alay

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ALLAY performs as a guess

ALLAY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 404 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,533 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SIRED GOIER SOUCE TARSE
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
404 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALLAY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,533 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALLAY ranks #13,533 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
358
6 guesses
41

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
37%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A L L A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALLAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

862
348
183
119
108
80
70
66
65
47
37
36
30
24
22
22
18
17
15
14
14
13
13
13
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALLAY:

37% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIRED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
TRONE 6.21 bits
14.8% →
TRACE 5.55 bits
7.8% →
SIRED 4.54 bits
5.0% →
GOIER 4.91 bits
4.6% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits
3.4% →
TARSE 3.99 bits
3.0% →
STALE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SETER 4.37 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 5.17 bits
2.0% →
CRISE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1L1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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