5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FOREL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To bind with a forel.

Noun

A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.

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 FOREL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOREL 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,696 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SAUCY TRACE STALE SAUNT ARSON
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOREL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,696 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOREL ranks #1,696 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
37%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
243
150
139
129
113
101
95
93
87
54
52
47
39
36
33
31
29
24
22
21
19
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOREL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.60 bits
6.4% →
SAUCY 5.07 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.96 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.76 bits
4.3% →
SAINT 5.18 bits
4.0% →
SAUNT 4.33 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 4.11 bits
3.7% →
ARSON 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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