5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ANLAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of anlace. 14th-15th centuries.

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 ANLAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANLAS 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,830 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position AN_AS A in the 1st position, N in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE ROUET CARTE RIONE GOIER PEART
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANLAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANLAS ranks #7,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
18
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:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
229
227
191
188
103
84
79
59
55
51
44
39
39
36
35
31
22
20
19
18
18
16
15
14
13
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANLAS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
10% chance
Suggested:
CARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TRODE 6.09 bits
9.7% →
ROUET 5.60 bits
9.6% →
CARTE 5.54 bits
8.1% →
RIONE 5.30 bits
8.0% →
GOIER 5.00 bits
4.4% →
PEART 4.89 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 4.65 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.35 bits
2.3% →
SPELL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1L1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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