5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WHORL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /(h)wɔː(ɹ)l//(h)wɜː(ɹ)l/

Noun

Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.

Noun

A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Verb

To form a pattern of concentric circles.

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 WHORL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHORL 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,795 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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

SAINE SAICE SAINT CARER HEIST STANE
Words starting with W Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHORL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHORL ranks #5,795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
20
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
347
273
161
90
88
76
64
59
58
49
49
43
36
31
28
28
28
21
17
17
15
15
15
15
14
14
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHORL:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
15% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SAINE 6.28 bits
14.7% →
SAICE 5.50 bits
11.6% →
SAINE 5.36 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.23 bits
3.8% →
CARER 4.43 bits
3.7% →
HEIST 4.92 bits
3.2% →
SAINE 4.59 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SKATE 4.99 bits
2.5% →
PEATY 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4O1R1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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