5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AWOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of awol

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 AWOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AWOLS 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,051 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.

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__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRICE RONTE STIRE PRICE CRATE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWOLS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,051 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWOLS ranks #5,051 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
15
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:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
288
190
175
131
130
128
76
59
59
50
46
38
33
32
30
28
28
25
24
22
20
20
20
17
16
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWOLS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
TRINE 6.07 bits
12.2% →
TRICE 5.64 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.42 bits
7.4% →
STIRE 5.50 bits
5.6% →
PRICE 4.88 bits
5.5% →
CRATE 4.83 bits
5.4% →
REACT 4.66 bits
3.2% →
TRIPE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.04 bits
2.5% →
CANER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4O1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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