5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ANNAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈænəl/

Noun

The record of a single event or item.

Adjective

Annual; yearly.

Alternative forms: annall

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 ANNAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANNAL 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 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 350 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,959 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TOILE GOIER STALE HOISE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
350 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANNAL 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,959 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANNAL ranks #12,959 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
31
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
25%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

762
336
246
169
116
76
66
65
57
50
48
35
35
25
24
23
22
19
18
14
12
11
10
7
7
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANNAL:

32% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
14.2% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
7.2% →
GOIER 5.31 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
HOISE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
TRAIN 4.48 bits
2.8% →
SOWER 4.28 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.34 bits
2.1% →
TRODE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1N1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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