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149 five letter words begin with AL, and the third box leans toward vowels more than most openings do.
I leads at about fifteen percent, O at twelve, A at eleven and a second L at ten. E and G take six each.
Three of the top four are vowels, which is unusual this deep into a word and gives the group a distinctive shape.
ALONG, ALBUM, ALLOW, ALONE and ALERT are the most common entries, and they reach four different third letters.
ALLOW, ALLOY and ALLEY put a second L in the third box, which is ten percent of the group.
It is the one shape here that a single test can confirm or eliminate outright, so it is worth trying before the vowel branches.
ALERT is the strongest opener. Its E, R and T are three of the commonest letters at this length and none of them repeats.
ALIVE is the follow up, since its I and V reach the leading branch without covering ground ALERT already tested.
They share four letters and differ in the last box, so either one settles the other. ALONG is slightly the more common of the two.
AL forms a syllable on its own, so the next sound usually starts a fresh one, and English opens most syllables with a vowel after a liquid like L.
Its P and H test ground almost nothing else here reaches, which makes it a poor opener but a useful late guess.