5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ALLYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈælaɪl//ˈælɪl/

Noun

The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

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 ALLYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALLYL 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 436 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,181 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__Y_ A in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__L L in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SIRED SOUCE TARDY TRODE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.34 Entropy (bits)
436 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALLYL 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,181 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALLYL ranks #14,181 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
595
4 guesses
1,321
5 guesses
370
6 guesses
38
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
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
24%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

862
436
205
108
100
89
73
68
62
50
46
37
36
26
23
18
17
15
10
8
8
7
7
7
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALLYL:

37% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
18% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SIRED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TRONE 6.21 bits
18.5% →
TRACE 5.62 bits
8.7% →
SIRED 4.69 bits
4.6% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits
4.2% →
TARDY 4.26 bits
3.8% →
TRODE 5.09 bits
3.1% →
TOISE 4.80 bits
2.9% →
TONER 4.20 bits
2.6% →
SPACE 3.94 bits
2.1% →
STALE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1L1Y4L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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