5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JACAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /həˈkɑːl/

Noun

A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US.

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 JACAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JACAL 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 64.4% of games, misses completely in 35.6%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,367 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

J___L J in the 1st position and L in the 5th position J__A_ J in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE BIOSE STARE TRONE SLATE SOWER
Words starting with J Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JACAL 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,367 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JACAL ranks #13,367 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
658
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

840
235
230
186
159
95
65
65
58
50
49
39
33
24
23
22
19
18
12
12
11
11
9
7
7
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JACAL:

36% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
BIOSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.6% →
TORSE 6.19 bits
10.0% →
BIOSE 5.15 bits
9.8% →
STARE 5.43 bits
7.9% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 4.92 bits
4.0% →
SLATE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
SOWER 4.21 bits
2.8% →
STARE 4.63 bits
2.5% →
TREAD 4.48 bits
2.1% →
STILE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1C3A1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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