5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHIRL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To emit a low sound; to warble.

Noun

A kind of musical warble.

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 CHIRL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIRL 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

C___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

DANSE POTAE ALOSE STANE PEATY SANED
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIRL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIRL ranks #1,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
1,030
4 guesses
1,074
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
313
225
127
83
72
72
66
58
56
50
48
48
41
40
39
37
33
30
29
28
27
21
21
21
20
19
19
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIRL:

17% chance
Suggested:
DANSE
13% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
DANSE 5.96 bits
13.3% →
POTAE 5.38 bits
9.5% →
ALOSE 5.36 bits
5.4% →
DANSE 5.14 bits
3.5% →
STANE 5.29 bits
3.1% →
PEATY 4.92 bits
3.1% →
SANED 4.64 bits
2.8% →
PATEE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
SUETY 4.80 bits
2.4% →
STANE 5.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1R1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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