5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JARLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jarl

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 JARLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JARLS 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,876 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__L_ J in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CONTE TRIED SIENT BOITE TRADE CLONE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JARLS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JARLS ranks #8,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
18
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:
ALRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
282
200
161
135
124
114
113
85
68
67
65
47
42
38
33
33
32
31
30
24
23
23
21
17
15
13
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JARLS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
CONTE 5.95 bits
12.0% →
TRIED 5.30 bits
8.5% →
SIENT 5.51 bits
6.8% →
BOITE 5.08 bits
5.7% →
TRADE 4.73 bits
5.3% →
CONTE 5.24 bits
4.8% →
CLONE 4.36 bits
4.8% →
TONEY 4.68 bits
3.6% →
STAKE 4.58 bits
2.9% →
SPITE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1R1L1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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