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ALTER

Yes, ALTER was the Wordle answer on January 20, 2023 (Wordle #580).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tə//ˈɔːl.tə//ˈɔl.təɹ/

Verb

To change the form or structure of.

Verb

To become different.

Noun

One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.

Noun

Misspelling of altar.

Alternative forms: altre

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: January 20, 2023 (#580).

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

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How ALTER performs as a guess

ALTER 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 91.3% of games, misses completely in 8.7%, and leaves about 72 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #80 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #272 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

NOISY SEINE MASON HOIST CRONY POISE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.71 Entropy (bits)
72 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.9% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALTER 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#272 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALTER ranks #272 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
1,017
4 guesses
1,081
5 guesses
148
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
32%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A L T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALTER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

204
138
115
110
109
101
91
85
74
64
63
62
57
56
52
52
45
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33
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALTER:

9% chance
Suggested:
NOISY
6% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
MASON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.7% →
NOISY 5.41 bits
5.9% →
SEINE 5.53 bits
4.9% →
MASON 4.65 bits
4.7% →
HOIST 5.15 bits
4.6% →
CRONY 4.83 bits
4.3% →
POISE 4.46 bits
3.9% →
CHARD 4.49 bits
3.6% →
SILLY 4.84 bits
3.1% →
NOISE 3.28 bits
2.7% →
TROUT 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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