5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ALOIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæloʊ.ɪn/

Noun

A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative.

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 ALOIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALOIN 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,453 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CRATE TERSE SPITE ROUET SALLE STURE
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALOIN 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,453 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALOIN ranks #1,453 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,066
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
22
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:
AILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
31%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
249
178
144
115
111
80
75
72
62
59
46
43
41
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39
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33
28
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALOIN:

13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
CRATE 5.72 bits
10.6% →
TERSE 6.08 bits
7.5% →
SPITE 5.26 bits
6.1% →
ROUET 5.10 bits
4.9% →
SALLE 4.87 bits
4.7% →
STURE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
SHITE 4.51 bits
3.2% →
BELLY 4.55 bits
3.1% →
TRUCE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
TRIDE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1O1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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