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

TWIRL

Yes, TWIRL was the Wordle answer on January 3, 2024 (Wordle #928).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twɜːl//twɝl//twøːl/

Noun

A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

Noun

Any rotating movement; a spin.

“The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.”

Verb

To perform a twirl.

Verb

To rotate rapidly.

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: January 3, 2024 (#928).

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

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How TWIRL performs as a guess

TWIRL 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

T___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAYNE CANOE ALOSE SAUCE SINCE BEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWIRL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWIRL ranks #3,819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
15
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:
ILRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
T W I R L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TWIRL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
299
231
184
115
69
66
66
60
58
57
57
46
43
42
41
40
39
33
32
31
27
20
20
17
16
15
15
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWIRL:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAYNE
13% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
SAYNE 5.83 bits
12.7% →
CANOE 5.35 bits
9.8% →
ALOSE 5.29 bits
7.8% →
SAUCE 5.61 bits
4.9% →
SINCE 5.04 bits
2.9% →
BEAST 4.49 bits
2.8% →
CHASE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
SCONE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
SANED 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SCALE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1R1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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