5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUARL

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)l/

Noun

A fire-resistant channel for a burner in a boiler or furnace.

Noun

A medusa or jellyfish.

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 QUARL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUARL 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,678 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___L Q in the 1st position and L in the 5th position Q__R_ Q in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE TONEY BIOSE CATER SHITE
Words starting with Q Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUARL 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
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,678 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUARL ranks #11,678 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
31
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
298
216
178
136
102
94
92
82
70
65
65
57
49
45
41
35
30
29
28
25
23
21
14
10
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUARL:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SIENT 6.14 bits
12.6% →
TOISE 5.28 bits
9.2% →
TONEY 5.08 bits
7.5% →
BIOSE 5.04 bits
5.8% →
CATER 4.60 bits
4.3% →
SHITE 5.03 bits
4.0% →
SALLE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
STONE 5.19 bits
3.5% →
STIME 4.03 bits
3.0% →
SINCE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1R1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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