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QUALM

Yes, QUALM was the Wordle answer on April 11, 2023 (Wordle #661).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɑːm//kwɔːm//kwɑ(l)m/

Noun

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Noun

A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

Verb

To have a sickly feeling.

Alternative forms: calm

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 11, 2023 (#661).

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

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How QUALM performs as a guess

QUALM 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 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

Q__L_ Q in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__M U in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER STIRE SLIER TALER SONCE
Words starting with Q Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUALM 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
0.71 Volatility
#12,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUALM ranks #12,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
Q U A L M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUALM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

675
309
178
173
142
135
90
86
74
67
57
37
28
27
24
19
17
17
16
15
15
12
11
9
9
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUALM:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
13.1% →
TONER 5.37 bits
7.5% →
STIRE 5.10 bits
7.3% →
SLIER 4.97 bits
6.0% →
TRONE 5.49 bits
5.7% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.8% →
SONCE 4.30 bits
3.6% →
MOIRE 5.25 bits
3.1% →
SWIRE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
CRISE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1L1M3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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