5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ALOSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of certain shad:

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 ALOSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALOSE 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 92.9% of games, misses completely in 7.1%, and leaves about 75 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #898 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.

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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DETER TRAIN PRINT NORTH TRINE REACT
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.67 Entropy (bits)
75 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALOSE 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
0.71 Volatility
#898 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALOSE ranks #898 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,092
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
15
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:
AELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
93%
Green tile
38%
All gray
7%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

182
171
167
129
94
94
74
66
63
62
59
55
54
54
54
50
48
41
32
30
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26
25
24
24
23
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23
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALOSE:

8% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
PRINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.7% →
DETER 5.54 bits
7.3% →
TRAIN 5.08 bits
7.1% →
PRINT 5.37 bits
5.5% →
NORTH 4.95 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.38 bits
4.0% →
REACT 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SHUNT 4.85 bits
2.8% →
SCANT 4.31 bits
2.7% →
MOVER 3.97 bits
2.6% →
DILLY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1O1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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