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

SHAWL

Yes, SHAWL was the Wordle answer on April 4, 2022 (Wordle #289).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɔːl//ʃoːl//ʃɔl/

Noun

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.

“She wears her shawl when it's cold outside.”

Noun

A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

Verb

To wrap in a shawl.

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 4, 2022 (#289).

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

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How SHAWL performs as a guess

SHAWL 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,689 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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

Try next

RIONE TONER TOILE TRINE RUOTE ALLEY
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHAWL 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,689 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHAWL ranks #4,689 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHAWL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

534
273
193
129
109
100
99
88
59
48
46
41
40
38
37
37
35
34
27
18
18
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15
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12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHAWL:

23% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
RIONE 6.06 bits
11.6% →
TONER 5.47 bits
8.2% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
5.5% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
4.6% →
RUOTE 5.54 bits
4.2% →
ALLEY 4.37 bits
4.2% →
CONTE 5.12 bits
3.7% →
DRICE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
TONER 4.29 bits
2.0% →
PRONE 3.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1W4L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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