- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words ending in IRL
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that end in IRL.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SWIRL (August 30, 2021); TWIRL (January 3, 2024); WHIRL (July 12, 2023).
ABAHT does not fit this page's clues. SWIRL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The IRL suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- I most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
- R most often the 4th letter (100% of these words).
- L most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
SWIRL
To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
“I swirled my brush around in the paint.”
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Past Wordle answer: August 30, 2021.
TWIRL
A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
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Past Wordle answer: January 3, 2024.
WHIRL
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
“The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 12, 2023.
CHIRL
To emit a low sound; to warble.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
KWIRL
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
NJIRL
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
QUIRL
To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SKIRL
To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
THIRL
A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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