5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ETHAL

ETHAL 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

cetyl alcohol

Alternative forms: aethal

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 ETHAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETHAL 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 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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 _T__L T in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREE GROIN CAIRN COULD SARGE TORUS
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETHAL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETHAL ranks #5,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
17
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:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
17%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
252
179
121
120
112
100
86
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76
73
64
52
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETHAL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
GROIN
8% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SIREE 5.50 bits
10.7% →
GROIN 5.55 bits
7.6% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.1% →
COULD 4.74 bits
5.1% →
SARGE 4.48 bits
4.7% →
TORUS 5.13 bits
4.2% →
SIREE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
TAROT 4.56 bits
3.6% →
BOREE 4.32 bits
3.2% →
CHURN 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1H4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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