Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

ALUMY

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

No dictionary definition for ALUMY is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ALUMY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How ALUMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALUMY 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,196 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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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First-turn measures

All four describe ALUMY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.52 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ALUMY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#5,196 Rank among openers
Opening with ALUMY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.67 average. It ranks #5,196 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

ALUMY can come back 92 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

549 answers
324 answers
131 answers
130 answers
129 answers
120 answers
79 answers
76 answers
70 answers
68 answers
63 answers
57 answers
51 answers
36 answers
35 answers
28 answers
25 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
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13 answers
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12 answers
12 answers
11 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1U1M3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing ALUMY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ALUMY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALUMY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
5% chance
Suggested:
SIREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TRINE 6.28 bits
13.6% →
TRACE 5.76 bits
5.5% →
SIREE 4.79 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.31 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 4.84 bits
5.0% →
STORE 4.71 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.16 bits
3.2% →
TRONE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.95 bits
2.9% →
SINCE 4.72 bits

Research on ALUMY

Game-tree analysis and word research for ALUMY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ALUMY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #6,520 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ALUMY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.67, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).