5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ANELE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.

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 ANELE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ANELE 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 SATYR TRIER IRONY PORTE CLOUT
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANELE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANELE ranks #6,258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
234
163
137
115
103
91
90
73
67
63
49
45
39
37
34
33
29
28
27
26
25
24
24
23
23
22
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANELE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
10% chance
Suggested:
SATYR
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
SHORT 5.98 bits
9.9% →
SATYR 4.99 bits
6.9% →
TRIER 4.82 bits
5.8% →
IRONY 4.89 bits
4.9% →
PORTE 4.55 bits
4.4% →
CLOUT 4.65 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.41 bits
3.8% →
TRAIN 4.40 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.09 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1E1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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