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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

NAVAL

Yes, NAVAL was the Wordle answer on June 27, 2021 (Wordle #8).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to a navy.

Adjective

Of or relating to ships in general.

“naval architect”

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: June 27, 2021 (#8).

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

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How NAVAL performs as a guess

NAVAL 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,658 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

TORSE TOISE TOILE CRATE TRICE SLATE
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAVAL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAVAL ranks #11,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
N A V A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NAVAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

710
271
237
212
143
85
68
58
56
50
42
39
33
31
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
14
9
8
8
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7
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6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAVAL:

30% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TORSE 6.24 bits
11.5% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
9.0% →
CRATE 5.62 bits
6.1% →
TRICE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.55 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
SOWER 4.34 bits
2.4% →
TREAD 4.35 bits
2.1% →
TRICE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1V4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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