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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

NATAL

Yes, NATAL was the Wordle answer on April 5, 2022 (Wordle #290).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to birth.

“Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.”

Adjective

Of or relating to the buttocks.

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: April 5, 2022 (#290).

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

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How NATAL performs as a guess

NATAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,829 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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.

N___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position N__A_ N 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

DORSE SHIER RIONE ROULE SCARE GORSE
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NATAL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NATAL ranks #5,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
N A T A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NATAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
239
218
202
155
96
71
71
58
56
50
46
41
38
37
37
36
35
25
24
18
18
18
18
18
14
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NATAL:

20% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER
9% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
DORSE 5.96 bits
10.1% →
SHIER 5.72 bits
9.2% →
RIONE 5.40 bits
8.6% →
ROULE 4.94 bits
6.6% →
SCARE 5.36 bits
4.1% →
GORSE 4.56 bits
3.0% →
SLIME 4.41 bits
3.0% →
CRISE 4.72 bits
2.5% →
TOUSE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
SWIRE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1T1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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