5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ADDLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæ.dəl/

Adjective

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.

“addle eggs”

Adjective

Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

“addle brains”

Verb

To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.

“to addle someone's brain”

Verb

To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

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 ADDLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADDLE 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,470 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

A___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _D__E D in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST CARAT RESET SIREN CLOUT COAST
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADDLE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADDLE ranks #10,470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
276
252
179
120
110
99
82
78
67
57
48
48
44
41
27
26
24
21
20
19
18
18
14
13
13
13
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADDLE:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
11% chance
Suggested:
RESET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
HOIST 5.99 bits
11.7% →
CARAT 5.05 bits
10.7% →
RESET 5.36 bits
7.6% →
SIREN 4.66 bits
5.1% →
CLOUT 4.67 bits
4.7% →
COAST 4.52 bits
4.2% →
SETER 4.39 bits
3.5% →
STAIR 4.16 bits
3.3% →
LEPER 4.30 bits
2.8% →
ROUND 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2D2L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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