5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CIRLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cirl

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 CIRLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CIRLS 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #751 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ATONE ORATE STANE POTAE TRIED SPATE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CIRLS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#751 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CIRLS ranks #751 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,037
4 guesses
1,060
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
267
197
175
104
81
75
73
66
66
65
59
57
53
45
44
42
29
28
27
27
26
26
24
24
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19
16
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CIRLS:

13% chance
Suggested:
ATONE
11% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
ATONE 5.71 bits
11.3% →
ORATE 5.19 bits
8.4% →
STANE 5.62 bits
7.4% →
POTAE 5.36 bits
4.4% →
ATONE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
TRIED 4.78 bits
3.2% →
POTAE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
ATONE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
TONEY 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1R1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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