5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

URIAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.

Alternative forms: oorial

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 URIAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URIAL 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 91.4% of games, misses completely in 8.6%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,414 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.

U___L U in the 1st position and L in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SCOTE STONE TORSE SHONE CONTE CASTE
Words starting with U Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URIAL 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URIAL ranks #4,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AILRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
31%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

221
202
157
139
130
124
123
100
86
71
67
61
60
58
50
43
42
40
35
33
30
30
28
22
22
21
20
20
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URIAL:

9% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.4% →
SCOTE 5.22 bits
8.6% →
STONE 5.61 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 4.96 bits
5.9% →
SHONE 4.85 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 5.03 bits
5.3% →
CASTE 4.53 bits
5.2% →
SPALE 4.73 bits
4.2% →
SOCLE 4.75 bits
3.6% →
STONE 5.12 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1I1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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