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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SNARL

Yes, SNARL was the Wordle answer on November 15, 2022 (Wordle #514).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/

Verb

To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.

“to snarl a skein of thread”

Verb

To become entangled.

Noun

A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.

Noun

An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.

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: November 15, 2022 (#514).

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

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How SNARL performs as a guess

SNARL 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #455 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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 _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE BOITE TOILE HINGE CADET CATER
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNARL 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#455 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNARL ranks #455 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,043
4 guesses
1,062
5 guesses
162
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:
ALNRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
36%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
S N A R L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SNARL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

244
236
151
125
116
99
78
73
73
69
62
49
41
41
37
37
36
34
34
34
32
32
32
31
30
27
22
21
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNARL:

10% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
10% chance
Suggested:
BOITE
6% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
TRODE 5.19 bits
10.0% →
BOITE 5.67 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
5.3% →
HINGE 5.04 bits
4.9% →
CADET 4.99 bits
4.2% →
CATER 4.57 bits
3.3% →
STIPE 4.69 bits
3.1% →
TABLE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
THOSE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
TONEY 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1A1R1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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