5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUALE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑːleɪ//-li//ˈkweɪ-/

Noun

An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.

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 QUALE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUALE 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,230 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

Q___E Q in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Q__L_ Q in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TENOR RAINY SIREN CHART CRUST
Words starting with Q Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUALE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,230 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUALE ranks #12,230 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
37
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
285
228
156
117
110
107
85
82
81
79
60
51
47
45
40
33
28
26
26
25
22
21
18
18
18
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUALE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SNORT 5.76 bits
12.1% →
TENOR 5.17 bits
9.7% →
RAINY 4.82 bits
6.6% →
SIREN 4.63 bits
5.0% →
CHART 4.63 bits
4.7% →
CRUST 5.20 bits
4.5% →
SETER 4.34 bits
3.6% →
SLING 4.28 bits
3.5% →
MUSHY 3.78 bits
3.4% →
REBEL 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1L1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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