5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GNARL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)l/

Noun

A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Noun

Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Verb

To knot or twist something.

Adjective

Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

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 GNARL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GNARL 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,044 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

G___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__R_ G in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CASTE HOISE TAPER SHITE SALLE
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GNARL 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,044 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GNARL ranks #1,044 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALNR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
281
178
148
138
109
80
79
61
55
54
54
43
40
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GNARL:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TOISE 6.11 bits
11.9% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
TOISE 5.21 bits
6.3% →
CASTE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
HOISE 5.37 bits
4.6% →
TAPER 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SHITE 5.01 bits
3.4% →
SALLE 4.53 bits
2.6% →
TOISE 4.32 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2N1A1R1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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