5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOREL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A good-for-nothing: a vagabond, waster or losel.

Alternative forms: lorrel

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 LOREL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOREL 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,989 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

L___L L in the 1st position and L in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TRACE SAUCY SAUNT STALE ARSON
Words starting with L Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOREL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,989 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOREL ranks #6,989 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
26
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:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
261
155
138
135
109
104
103
103
96
58
52
49
38
36
32
30
23
22
21
20
20
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOREL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SAINT 6.05 bits
11.1% →
SAINT 5.59 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.92 bits
5.7% →
SAUCY 4.91 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 4.06 bits
4.4% →
SAINT 5.14 bits
4.4% →
SAUNT 4.30 bits
4.4% →
STALE 4.57 bits
4.1% →
ARSON 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1R1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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