5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WALLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of wallah.

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 WALLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WALLA 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 59.0% of games, misses completely in 41.0%, and leaves about 485 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,223 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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.

W___A W in the 1st position and A in the 5th position W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE TRACE RONTE SLICE REACT SNORE
Words starting with W Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
485 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WALLA 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,223 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WALLA ranks #14,223 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
612
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
419
6 guesses
37
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
26%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

967
315
198
193
135
53
50
47
42
31
26
25
21
20
19
17
16
15
15
12
12
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9
9
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WALLA:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.0% →
TOISE 6.07 bits
13.4% →
TRACE 5.61 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 4.90 bits
8.2% →
SLICE 4.88 bits
5.7% →
REACT 4.62 bits
2.2% →
SNORE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
SUITE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
TRIDE 4.84 bits
1.8% →
SINCE 4.45 bits
1.3% →
MORNE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1L1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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