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EQUAL

Yes, EQUAL was the Wordle answer on October 13, 2022 (Wordle #481).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːkwəl//ˈiːkəl/

Adjective

The same in one or more respects.

Adjective

Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

“This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it.”

Verb

To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

“Two plus two equals four.”

Verb

To make equivalent to; to cause to match.

“David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.”

Alternative forms: æqual, æquall

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 13, 2022 (#481).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How EQUAL performs as a guess

EQUAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,398 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___L E in the 1st position and L in the 5th position E__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SIREE SNORT TRAIN TARSE MUSTY SONLY
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EQUAL 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,398 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EQUAL ranks #13,398 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
370
6 guesses
33
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
21%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
E Q U A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EQUAL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

406
332
308
180
121
103
96
89
71
71
67
41
37
35
32
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EQUAL:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
SIREE 5.53 bits
14.1% →
SNORT 5.76 bits
13.1% →
TRAIN 5.25 bits
7.6% →
TARSE 4.72 bits
5.1% →
MUSTY 4.31 bits
4.4% →
SONLY 4.41 bits
4.1% →
SEINE 4.43 bits
3.8% →
SOAPY 3.96 bits
3.0% →
SHART 4.42 bits
3.0% →
STALE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1Q10U1A1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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