5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MARIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mæˈɹɪl//mɛˈɹɪl/

Noun

An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from scraps of coloured leather mixed in a resin, compressed, and dried.

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 MARIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MARIL 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,130 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.

M___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

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STONE SCOTE SIENT STANE SOCLE TRACE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MARIL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,130 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MARIL ranks #1,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
10
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:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

286
217
186
147
140
135
101
98
92
77
63
40
39
38
33
30
30
24
24
22
21
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16
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MARIL:

12% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
STONE 6.00 bits
9.2% →
SCOTE 5.20 bits
7.9% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
6.2% →
STANE 5.43 bits
5.9% →
SOCLE 5.02 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
CONTE 4.70 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
SNIDE 4.43 bits
3.3% →
TOUSE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1R1I1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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