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

WHIRL

Yes, WHIRL was the Wordle answer on July 12, 2023 (Wordle #753).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɜːl//ʍɜːl//(h)wɝl/

Verb

To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

“The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.”

Verb

To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

“My head is whirling after all that drink.”

Noun

An act of whirling.

“She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.”

Noun

Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind.

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: July 12, 2023 (#753).

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

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How WHIRL performs as a guess

WHIRL 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,383 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___L W in the 1st position and L in the 5th position W__R_ W 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

STANE POTAE ALOSE SIENT HAUTE SANED
Words starting with W Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHIRL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,383 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHIRL ranks #6,383 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
18
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:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
D O U G H
W H I R L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHIRL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

446
352
258
156
90
85
78
74
68
58
56
51
49
45
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23
17
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHIRL:

19% chance
Suggested:
STANE
15% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
STANE 6.10 bits
14.9% →
POTAE 5.40 bits
10.9% →
ALOSE 5.31 bits
6.6% →
SIENT 4.98 bits
3.8% →
HAUTE 5.01 bits
3.6% →
STANE 5.17 bits
3.3% →
SANED 4.63 bits
3.1% →
PEATY 4.89 bits
2.9% →
POTAE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SKATE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1R1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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