5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

COMAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods.

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 COMAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMAL 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #727 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TARSE TRINE STILE SURGE STALE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMAL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#727 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMAL ranks #727 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
1,008
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
9
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
298
162
145
123
115
76
53
51
49
47
47
42
40
40
33
31
29
28
24
23
20
19
19
17
17
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMAL:

19% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
STIRE 6.18 bits
12.6% →
TARSE 5.64 bits
6.9% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
STILE 5.27 bits
5.2% →
SURGE 4.74 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.80 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 5.10 bits
2.2% →
BARON 4.54 bits
2.2% →
SETER 4.46 bits
2.1% →
TARSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3A1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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