5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ARGOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of arghul (“musical instrument”).

Noun

potassium tartrate

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 ARGOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARGOL 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,919 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE CONTE SENTE SLICE SERRY
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARGOL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,919 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARGOL ranks #1,919 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

302
226
169
164
144
121
116
95
85
58
56
50
43
38
37
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34
29
26
26
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARGOL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
7% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SIENT 6.09 bits
9.6% →
CASTE 5.40 bits
7.2% →
CONTE 5.25 bits
7.0% →
SENTE 5.19 bits
6.1% →
SLICE 5.16 bits
5.1% →
SERRY 4.60 bits
4.9% →
SCALE 4.83 bits
4.0% →
SOWCE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
SPITE 4.89 bits
2.5% →
DRICE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1G2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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