5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AYELP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈjɛlp/

Adverb

yelping.

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 AYELP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AYELP 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,523 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___P A in the 1st position and P in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

RIONE COURT CAIRN CARTE COAST CLOUT
Words starting with A Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AYELP 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,523 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AYELP ranks #6,523 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
20
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

337
320
213
137
110
94
89
87
68
64
60
56
41
39
35
34
34
27
27
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19
16
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AYELP:

14% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
RIONE 5.28 bits
13.6% →
COURT 6.05 bits
9.0% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
5.8% →
CARTE 4.88 bits
4.7% →
RIONE 4.04 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.46 bits
3.8% →
CLOUT 4.56 bits
3.7% →
BOREE 4.33 bits
2.9% →
TARDY 3.95 bits
2.7% →
CREST 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Y4E1L1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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