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Five-letter words matching _O_AL

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Possible answers

CORAL FOCAL LOCAL LOYAL MODAL MORAL ROYAL TONAL TOTAL VOCAL ZONAL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 40 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CORAL (August 7, 2025); FOCAL (June 25, 2021); LOCAL (March 13, 2024); LOYAL (September 26, 2023); MODAL (July 17, 2025); MORAL (April 16, 2025); ROYAL (April 12, 2022); TOTAL (January 12, 2025); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter CANTY
Average remaining
1.91
Worst branch
3
Information
2.66 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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CANTY does not fit this page's clues. CORAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.36 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _OCAL

FOCAL, LOCAL, VOCAL differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CANTY tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_AL?

All 40 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 32% C 20% N 20% M 18% D 15% T 12%

Words with five different letters

85% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CORAL FOCAL MODAL MORAL ROYAL

Common letter pairs

AL 25% OR 6% RA 6% CO 3% RO 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 95% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_AL?
40 five-letter words match _O_AL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SORAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.
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