5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALOED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæləʊd/

Adjective

On which aloes are growing.

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 ALOED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALOED 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 90.2% of games, misses completely in 9.8%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SHIRT SCANT TERSE STARE MOUNT SIENT
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALOED 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALOED ranks #1,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
12
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
37%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

231
217
197
138
122
100
92
68
67
56
50
48
47
44
43
42
42
36
32
32
29
28
27
26
23
23
22
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALOED:

10% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
9% chance
Suggested:
SCANT
8% chance
Suggested:
TERSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.8% →
SHIRT 5.80 bits
9.2% →
SCANT 5.25 bits
8.4% →
TERSE 5.53 bits
5.9% →
STARE 4.84 bits
5.2% →
MOUNT 4.98 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 4.56 bits
3.9% →
SNORT 4.32 bits
2.9% →
NATAL 4.15 bits
2.8% →
SILLY 4.78 bits
2.4% →
BARON 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1O1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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