5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GORAL

GORAL 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

Noun

A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.

Alternative forms: ghoral, ghooral, ghural, gooral

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 GORAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GORAL 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,788 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE TRIED SLICE TRACE SPALE
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GORAL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GORAL ranks #1,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
11
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:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

302
235
191
144
133
119
102
101
92
58
52
40
37
36
34
28
28
28
27
26
26
25
24
23
21
18
16
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GORAL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SIENT 6.09 bits
10.0% →
CASTE 5.40 bits
8.1% →
TRIED 5.16 bits
6.1% →
SLICE 5.16 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.70 bits
5.0% →
SPALE 4.76 bits
4.3% →
STIPE 5.06 bits
4.3% →
SHUTE 4.45 bits
3.9% →
TRONE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
SUCRE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1R1A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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