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Five-letter words matching _O_AL

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Showing 40 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

40 matching words2 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1C 13%N 13%R 13%M 10%

Position 3R 23%T 10%C 8%D 8%

Possible answers

CORAL FOCAL LOCAL LOYAL MODAL MORAL ROYAL TONAL TOTAL VOCAL ZONAL

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

CORAL used FOCAL used LOCAL used LOYAL used MODAL used MORAL used ROYAL used TONAL possible TOTAL used VOCAL used ZONAL possible BORAL guess COMAL guess COPAL guess COWAL guess COXAL guess DOGAL guess DOMAL guess DOTAL guess GORAL guess HORAL guess JOUAL guess KOGAL guess LORAL guess MOLAL guess MONAL guess NODAL guess NOGAL guess NOPAL guess NOTAL guess NOXAL guess PODAL guess POKAL guess PORAL guess ROMAL guess RORAL guess ROSAL guess ROTAL guess SORAL guess ZOEAL guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

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 CARNY

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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CARNY 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; CARNY tests the family more efficiently.

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28% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: SORAL of the 40 words here

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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 40/40 words (100%) OR 9/40 words (22%) RA 9/40 words (22%) CO 5/40 words (12%) RO 5/40 words (12%)

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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