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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

FERAL

Yes, FERAL was the Wordle answer on July 30, 2024 (Wordle #1137).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹəl/[ˈfɛɹəl] ~ [ˈfɛɹl̩]/ˈfɪəɹəl/

Adjective

Wild; untamed.

Noun

A domesticated (non-human) animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

Noun

A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.

Adjective

Deadly, fatal.

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: July 30, 2024 (#1137).

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

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How FERAL performs as a guess

FERAL 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,997 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

F___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SAINT NOISE TOISE GROUT SOILY
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERAL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERAL ranks #3,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
F E R A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FERAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
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164
131
122
103
97
82
72
61
60
44
41
28
26
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERAL:

13% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
HOIST 5.87 bits
8.1% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
8.0% →
NOISE 5.35 bits
7.0% →
TOISE 4.59 bits
5.6% →
GROUT 4.91 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.79 bits
4.4% →
TRAIN 4.21 bits
4.1% →
SAUNT 4.47 bits
3.5% →
SLATY 4.10 bits
3.1% →
SIDLE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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