5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANCLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.k(ə)l//ˈeɪ̯ŋ.k(ə)l//ˈɛ̃ŋ.k(ə)l/

Noun

Obsolete spelling of ankle.

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 ANCLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANCLE 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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 _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position AN_LE A in the 1st position, N in the 2nd position, L in the 4th position, and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT SETER SATYR TORSE IRONY SPOIL
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANCLE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANCLE ranks #552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,075
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
192
166
124
110
77
77
75
75
69
64
63
63
56
55
40
39
34
34
30
28
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25
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23
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21
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANCLE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
8% chance
Suggested:
SETER
7% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SHORT 5.99 bits
8.1% →
SETER 5.31 bits
7.0% →
SATYR 5.10 bits
5.3% →
TORSE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
IRONY 4.79 bits
3.3% →
SPOIL 4.84 bits
3.3% →
COURT 5.02 bits
3.2% →
SETER 4.14 bits
3.2% →
TRAIN 4.33 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1C3L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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