5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUROL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of furfural.

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 FUROL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUROL 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,083 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__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STANE SATED STALE CONTE STIME CASTE
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUROL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,083 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUROL ranks #4,083 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
15
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:
LORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
299
223
183
118
82
79
72
70
63
50
45
38
32
32
29
29
23
22
22
21
21
19
19
18
18
17
16
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUROL:

19% chance
Suggested:
STANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SATED
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
STANE 6.17 bits
12.7% →
SATED 5.41 bits
9.5% →
STALE 5.49 bits
7.8% →
CONTE 5.25 bits
5.0% →
STANE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
STIME 4.39 bits
3.4% →
STANE 5.11 bits
3.1% →
CASTE 4.81 bits
3.0% →
SAMEN 4.48 bits
2.7% →
SCALE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1R1O1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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