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ALPHA

Yes, ALPHA was the Wordle answer on September 13, 2022 (Wordle #451).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.fə/[ˈæɫ.fə]/ˈæːl.fɑː/

Noun

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

Noun

Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).

Adjective

Designates the first in an order of precedence.

“I am the alpha male.”

Adjective

Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.

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: September 13, 2022 (#451).

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

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How ALPHA performs as a guess

ALPHA 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,466 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__H_ A in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TRINE TOILE TORSE SUITE TARSE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALPHA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,466 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALPHA ranks #10,466 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
281
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
19%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A L P H A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALPHA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
332
190
175
135
130
88
79
66
46
46
28
23
21
20
18
17
17
17
15
14
14
12
12
12
11
10
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALPHA:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
RIONE 6.11 bits
14.1% →
TRINE 5.46 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
7.4% →
TORSE 5.73 bits
5.7% →
SUITE 5.49 bits
5.5% →
TARSE 4.72 bits
3.7% →
SOUCE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
CARSE 4.98 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 5.12 bits
2.0% →
REAST 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1P3H4A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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