Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMLAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of amla

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 AMLAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMLAS 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,051 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMLAS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,051 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMLAS ranks #9,051 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
16
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
19%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
274
261
207
109
107
89
53
50
50
47
46
43
34
25
21
21
21
18
18
17
12
12
11
10
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMLAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7%
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.6%
ROUET 5.58 bits
11.1%
TRICE 5.49 bits
8.8%
GOIER 5.02 bits
4.6%
PEART 4.83 bits
4.5%
MOIRE 5.19 bits
3.8%
CRATE 4.59 bits
2.2%
SLIPE 4.27 bits
2.1%
TOILE 4.25 bits
2.1%
DRONE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3L1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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