5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHORL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of schorl.

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 SHORL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHORL 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

DIANE CADET BAILE DAINE ROTOR ASSET
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHORL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHORL ranks #1,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,010
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
176
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
1 vowels
Common:
LORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
292
213
135
117
88
77
76
62
50
47
46
45
44
42
39
36
35
32
30
30
25
25
23
21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHORL:

13% chance
Suggested:
DIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET
9% chance
Suggested:
BAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
DIANE 6.03 bits
12.4% →
CADET 5.47 bits
9.0% →
BAILE 5.40 bits
5.7% →
DAINE 5.16 bits
5.0% →
DIANE 5.17 bits
3.7% →
ROTOR 4.46 bits
3.3% →
ASSET 4.97 bits
3.2% →
NAICE 4.90 bits
2.6% →
DAINE 4.37 bits
2.1% →
PLANE 3.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1R1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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