5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RECAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Misspelling of recall.

Verb

Misspelling of recall.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of recall.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of recall.

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 RECAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RECAL 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #803 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

R___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SNOUT TOISE SAINT GROUT SOILY APART
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.40 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECAL 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECAL ranks #803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,092
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
24%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

258
156
156
151
136
110
94
84
73
73
70
58
57
44
44
39
39
36
32
31
26
25
21
20
18
17
17
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECAL:

11% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SNOUT 5.78 bits
6.6% →
TOISE 5.33 bits
6.6% →
TOISE 4.75 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
5.8% →
GROUT 5.06 bits
4.7% →
SOILY 4.74 bits
4.0% →
APART 4.26 bits
3.6% →
SAUNT 4.33 bits
3.1% →
SONLY 4.11 bits
3.1% →
TOISE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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