5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ROYAL

Yes, ROYAL was the Wordle answer on April 12, 2022 (Wordle #297).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/[ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.əl] ~ [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.l̩]/ˈɹɔ.jəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

Adjective

Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

Noun

A royal person; a member of a royal family.

Noun

A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.

Alternative forms: r., roial, roiall, royall

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 12, 2022 (#297).

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

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How ROYAL performs as a guess

ROYAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,495 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 SPITE STANE TRACE SLICE SPALE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROYAL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,495 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROYAL ranks #3,495 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17
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:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
26%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R O Y A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ROYAL in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
214
209
140
129
109
105
103
103
84
58
45
44
40
35
35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROYAL:

11% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
9% chance
Suggested:
SPITE
9% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
SIENT 6.20 bits
9.1% →
SPITE 5.48 bits
8.9% →
STANE 5.43 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.62 bits
5.5% →
SLICE 5.11 bits
4.6% →
SPALE 4.58 bits
4.5% →
SIENT 5.21 bits
4.4% →
SPINE 4.59 bits
4.4% →
TRINE 4.44 bits
3.6% →
SIENT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1Y4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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