5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROMAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A long quirt attached to the end of a set of closed reins that are connected to the bridle of a horse, and used to assist in moving cattle.

Noun

An Indian silk or cotton handkerchief.

Alternative forms: romall, romaul, roomaul, rumal

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 ROMAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROMAL 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,793 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE SEINE TRACE SLICE STALE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROMAL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,793 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROMAL ranks #1,793 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
27%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
222
215
148
146
116
99
99
95
45
42
41
36
35
34
33
31
29
28
27
27
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22
21
18
17
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17
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROMAL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
9% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SIENT 6.23 bits
9.4% →
CASTE 5.41 bits
9.1% →
SEINE 5.23 bits
6.3% →
TRACE 4.70 bits
6.2% →
SLICE 5.15 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.83 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 5.24 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.45 bits
4.0% →
STONE 4.37 bits
1.9% →
SOWCE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1M3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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