5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ALWAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.weɪ/

Adverb

Alternative form of always.

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 ALWAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALWAY 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 344 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SIRED LIBEL SOUCE SALLE
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
344 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALWAY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALWAY ranks #12,518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
25
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)
67%
Green tile
35%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

779
322
166
156
104
88
74
73
62
58
51
48
46
26
22
21
20
17
15
14
14
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10
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALWAY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIRED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
TRONE 6.18 bits
13.7% →
TRACE 5.59 bits
7.0% →
SIRED 4.51 bits
6.6% →
LIBEL 4.90 bits
4.4% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits
3.7% →
SALLE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.03 bits
3.1% →
SIREN 5.33 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 5.17 bits
2.5% →
CEDAR 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1W4A1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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