5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ALLEY

Yes, ALLEY was the Wordle answer on April 12, 2026 (Wordle #1758).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

Open Solver with ALLEY Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.i/

Noun

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

“The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.”

Noun

The area between the outfielders.

“He hit one deep into the alley.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 12, 2026 (#1758).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How ALLEY performs as a guess

ALLEY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,045 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COURT CRISE TRAIN SENOR CRATE SIDER
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALLEY 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
0.75 Volatility
#12,045 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALLEY ranks #12,045 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
37
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
43%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALLEY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
307
247
173
155
134
75
66
63
47
47
41
40
37
36
36
34
32
30
25
25
16
15
15
15
14
13
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALLEY:

16% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
CRISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
COURT 6.06 bits
13.0% →
CRISE 5.33 bits
10.5% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
7.3% →
SENOR 4.32 bits
6.6% →
CRATE 4.95 bits
5.7% →
SIDER 3.80 bits
3.2% →
SHART 3.83 bits
2.8% →
ROAST 4.18 bits
2.7% →
SLUNK 3.89 bits
2.0% →
LURID 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1L1E1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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