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

ALLOW

Yes, ALLOW was the Wordle answer on March 19, 2022 (Wordle #273).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊ/

Verb

To let one have as a suitable share of something.

“to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest”

Verb

To present something as possible or reasonable.

“The event allows of only one interpretation.”

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: March 19, 2022 (#273).

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

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How ALLOW performs as a guess

ALLOW 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,746 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___W A in the 1st position and W in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE RONTE STRAE URITE SPICE
Words starting with A Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALLOW 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,746 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALLOW ranks #11,746 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
19
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A G L O W
A L L O W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALLOW in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
422
310
108
93
78
61
59
58
51
48
41
36
36
28
25
23
23
19
18
18
16
14
13
12
12
11
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALLOW:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
17.9% →
TARSE 5.54 bits
13.1% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
4.6% →
STRAE 4.61 bits
3.9% →
URITE 4.83 bits
3.3% →
SPICE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.94 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.08 bits
2.2% →
CRATE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1L1O1W4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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