5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHURL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tʃɜːl//t͡ʃɝl/

Noun

A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.

Noun

A bondman or serf.

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 CHURL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHURL 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,369 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

SAINE ALOSE SONDE AINEE PEATY SIENT
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHURL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHURL ranks #3,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,089
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
358
253
111
80
74
74
62
54
51
50
45
43
36
32
31
30
29
28
28
27
22
22
21
21
16
15
14
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHURL:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
15% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SAINE 6.26 bits
15.2% →
SAINE 5.39 bits
10.7% →
ALOSE 5.36 bits
4.7% →
SONDE 4.95 bits
3.4% →
AINEE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
PEATY 4.88 bits
3.1% →
SAINE 5.21 bits
2.6% →
SIENT 4.96 bits
2.3% →
SURER 4.51 bits
2.2% →
POAKE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4U1R1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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