5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARGAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɹɡəl/

Adverb

thus, therefore

Noun

crude tartar.

Noun

An argali (species of sheep, ammon ovis from the subfamily caprinae from family bovidae).

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 ARGAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARGAL 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,937 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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

TOISE SORER CASTE BIOSE CONTE MATEY
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARGAL 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,937 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARGAL ranks #8,937 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
278
226
212
132
118
107
76
50
44
40
39
31
28
27
24
23
23
23
21
21
17
17
16
16
14
14
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARGAL:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
SORER
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TOISE 6.07 bits
11.8% →
SORER 5.29 bits
9.6% →
CASTE 5.41 bits
9.0% →
BIOSE 5.11 bits
5.6% →
CONTE 4.90 bits
5.0% →
MATEY 4.40 bits
4.5% →
STALE 4.90 bits
3.2% →
NOISE 5.02 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 3.78 bits
1.9% →
SINCE 3.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1G2A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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