5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

AFOUL

AFOUL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈfaʊl/

Adverb

In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).

“He had a knack for running afoul of the law.”

Adverb

In a state of collision or entanglement.

“The ships’ lines and sails were all afoul.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 AFOUL performs as a guess

AFOUL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,909 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position

Try next

CARTE TRINE RONTE CURSE SENOR CASTE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AFOUL 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,909 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AFOUL ranks #7,909 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A L O U D
A F O U L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AFOUL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
381
179
162
135
128
107
67
61
54
53
52
49
43
40
38
35
28
28
25
21
17
15
14
14
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AFOUL:

16% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
CARTE 5.58 bits
16.2% →
TRINE 5.93 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
6.9% →
CURSE 5.04 bits
5.7% →
SENOR 4.42 bits
5.4% →
CASTE 4.72 bits
4.5% →
SIDEY 4.95 bits
2.8% →
RANCE 4.50 bits
2.6% →
SLICE 4.12 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1F4O1U1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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