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

USUAL

Yes, USUAL was the Wordle answer on December 14, 2022 (Wordle #543).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.ʒʊəl//ˈju.ʒuəl//ˈju.ʒ(w)əl/

Adjective

Most commonly occurring; typical.

“The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.”

Noun

The typical state of something, or something that is typical.

Noun

A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.

“I'll just have the usual.”

Alternative forms: uzhe, uzh, yoozh

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: December 14, 2022 (#543).

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

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How USUAL performs as a guess

USUAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,030 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Try next

TRONE CARNE STIRE TOILE REAST PLATE
Words starting with U Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How USUAL 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,030 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, USUAL ranks #12,030 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
20%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
U S U A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches USUAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
363
227
166
130
124
119
60
57
56
47
41
40
39
34
31
28
26
24
22
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing USUAL:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
15.4% →
CARNE 5.45 bits
9.6% →
STIRE 5.59 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 4.96 bits
5.5% →
REAST 4.74 bits
5.3% →
PLATE 4.44 bits
5.0% →
MORNE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.64 bits
2.4% →
TRODE 4.55 bits
2.4% →
SHOTE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1S1U1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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