5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_AL

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Possible answers

BANAL BASAL CABAL CANAL FATAL NASAL NATAL NAVAL PAPAL

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This pattern has 38 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BANAL (January 6, 2022); CANAL (July 10, 2026); NASAL (August 9, 2025); NATAL (April 5, 2022); NAVAL (June 27, 2021); PAPAL (May 29, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter BANTS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.17 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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BANTS does not fit this page's clues. BANAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.89 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: NA_AL

NASAL, NATAL, NAVAL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BANTS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_AL?

All 38 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

N 24% H 18% S 16% T 16% M 16% V 13%

Common letter pairs

AL 26% NA 6% HA 5% SA 4% TA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 97% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_AL?
38 five-letter words match _A_AL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RATAL has the highest feedback entropy at 4.8 bits against the possible answers.
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