5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALOOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /æˈluːz/

Noun

plural of aloo

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 ALOOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALOOS 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position AL_OS A in the 1st position, L in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRICE STIRE RONTE PRATE LIBEL
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALOOS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALOOS ranks #8,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

443
315
193
163
142
138
117
61
56
50
50
46
43
41
36
35
34
31
21
20
19
19
17
17
17
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALOOS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
TRINE 6.12 bits
13.4% →
TRICE 5.60 bits
8.2% →
STIRE 5.50 bits
6.9% →
RONTE 5.18 bits
6.0% →
PRATE 4.96 bits
5.9% →
LIBEL 4.98 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
PRICE 4.46 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1O1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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