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

SHALL

Yes, SHALL was the Wordle answer on March 29, 2022 (Wordle #283).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃæl//ʃal//ʃɛl/

Verb

Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.

“I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.”

Verb

Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.

“Things haven't turned out as I intended they should, but I still intend that you shall take over the business.”

Alternative forms: shal

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: March 29, 2022 (#283).

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

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How SHALL performs as a guess

SHALL 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,045 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TONER NOIRE TRINE RUOTE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHALL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,045 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHALL ranks #7,045 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
38%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S H A L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHALL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
291
148
146
116
107
100
64
54
50
42
41
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35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHALL:

25% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
6% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
RIONE 6.09 bits
12.3% →
TONER 5.46 bits
6.3% →
NOIRE 5.01 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 5.27 bits
4.9% →
RUOTE 5.55 bits
4.5% →
CONTE 5.08 bits
4.2% →
DRICE 4.78 bits
2.7% →
ALTER 4.46 bits
2.3% →
TONER 4.31 bits
2.1% →
TRICE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1L1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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