5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AREAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹiəl//ˈɛəɹɪəl//ˈɛəɹiəl/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to an area.

“areal flood warning”

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 AREAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AREAL 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,215 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST NOISE SOREE SCANT SOILY COURT
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AREAL 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
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#8,215 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AREAL ranks #8,215 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
216
179
162
144
111
90
82
79
74
69
52
52
51
48
38
26
25
23
22
21
20
20
18
17
17
17
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AREAL:

14% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
HOIST 5.83 bits
9.2% →
NOISE 5.23 bits
7.6% →
SOREE 4.56 bits
6.9% →
SCANT 5.07 bits
6.1% →
SOILY 4.69 bits
4.7% →
COURT 5.05 bits
3.8% →
CASTE 4.58 bits
3.5% →
PRINT 4.11 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 4.44 bits
3.1% →
HARDY 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1E1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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