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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

AWFUL

Yes, AWFUL was the Wordle answer on June 22, 2022 (Wordle #368).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːfʊl//ˈɔːfəl/[ˈɔːfɫ̩]

Adjective

Very bad.

“The smell of my socks is awful.”

Adjective

Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

“I have learnt an awful amount today.”

Adverb

Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.

Adverb

Very, extremely.

“That's an awful big house.”

Alternative forms: awfull, aweful, awefull

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 22, 2022 (#368).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How AWFUL performs as a guess

AWFUL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,727 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE SONCE BIOSE STALE SHOER
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWFUL 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,727 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWFUL ranks #10,727 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches AWFUL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

603
419
213
160
143
77
73
66
62
57
54
47
41
29
29
25
24
19
17
15
14
12
10
10
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWFUL:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
18% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TRONE 6.17 bits
17.8% →
CARTE 5.55 bits
9.0% →
SONCE 4.93 bits
6.8% →
BIOSE 5.06 bits
6.1% →
STALE 4.75 bits
3.3% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
3.1% →
SHOER 5.07 bits
2.8% →
SLICE 4.15 bits
2.6% →
FRITE 5.08 bits
2.4% →
TONER 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4F4U1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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