5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DRAIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹeɪl/

Noun

A hook with a lead shank.

Noun

The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.

Verb

To trawl.

“drailing for mackerel”

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 DRAIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRAIL 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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.

D___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SHOTE TORSE SIENT CONTE SOUCE PATER
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRAIL 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRAIL ranks #145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
1,069
4 guesses
1,038
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
36%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

278
204
170
167
138
104
89
77
74
60
59
53
44
44
41
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38
31
31
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAIL:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SHOTE 6.03 bits
8.6% →
TORSE 5.37 bits
7.2% →
SIENT 5.48 bits
7.1% →
CONTE 5.27 bits
5.8% →
SOUCE 5.22 bits
4.4% →
PATER 4.55 bits
3.8% →
SHUTE 5.02 bits
3.3% →
CONTE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.39 bits
2.5% →
SONCE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1I1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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