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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MODAL

Yes, MODAL was the Wordle answer on July 17, 2025 (Wordle #1489).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊdəl//ˈmoʊdəl//ˈməʉdəl/

Adjective

Of, or relating to a mode or modus.

Adjective

Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.

Noun

A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 4) proposition.

Noun

A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 2) form, notably a modal auxiliary.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 17, 2025 (#1489).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MODAL performs as a guess

MODAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,234 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.

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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__A_ M 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 TARSE TRINE SLICE CRUET STALE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MODAL 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
0.69 Volatility
#2,234 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MODAL ranks #2,234 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
170
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L U C I D
M O D A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MODAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

455
324
165
149
127
118
85
53
52
49
47
42
37
36
31
30
29
29
27
26
26
25
25
23
20
19
19
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MODAL:

19% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SIENT 6.26 bits
13.7% →
TARSE 5.70 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
6.3% →
SLICE 5.10 bits
5.4% →
CRUET 4.85 bits
5.0% →
STALE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 5.14 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
BARON 4.77 bits
2.1% →
SETER 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1D2A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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