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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

ALONE

Yes, ALONE was the Wordle answer on October 9, 2021 (Wordle #112).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈləʊn//əˈlɛːn//əˈlon/

Adjective

By oneself, solitary.

“I can't ask for help because I am alone.”

Adjective

Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

“Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.”

Adverb

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

“She walked home alone.”

Adverb

Without outside help.

“The job was too hard for me to do alone.”

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: October 9, 2021 (#112).

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

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How ALONE performs as a guess

ALONE 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 92.1% of games, misses completely in 7.9%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,214 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__N_ A in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MIRTH STARY SETER TORUS SIRED TROOP
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.61 Entropy (bits)
79 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALONE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,214 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALONE ranks #1,214 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
23
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:
AELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
39%
All gray
8%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALONE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

187
185
183
103
93
92
80
80
74
66
57
56
51
46
46
41
40
39
36
34
32
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31
28
25
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALONE:

8% chance
Suggested:
MIRTH
8% chance
Suggested:
STARY
8% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.9% →
MIRTH 5.57 bits
7.8% →
STARY 5.05 bits
7.8% →
SETER 5.50 bits
4.4% →
TORUS 4.89 bits
3.9% →
SETER 4.18 bits
3.9% →
SIRED 4.42 bits
3.4% →
TROOP 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.20 bits
3.1% →
SILLY 4.62 bits
2.8% →
STALL 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1O1N1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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