- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words ending in VIL
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that end in VIL.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: ANVIL (August 6, 2024); CIVIL (September 29, 2025); DEVIL (February 28, 2024).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. CAVIL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The VIL suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- V most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
- I most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (17%).
- L most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
ANVIL
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
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Past Wordle answer: August 6, 2024.
CAVIL
To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CIVIL
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
“She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 29, 2025.
DEVIL
The chief devil; Satan.
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Past Wordle answer: February 28, 2024.
ERVIL
bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
KEVIL
A lot (object used to determine a question by chance or independently of human choice).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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