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ANKLE

Yes, ANKLE was the Wordle answer on March 14, 2026 (Wordle #1729).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.kəl/[ˈæŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.kʰl̩]/ˈaŋ.kəl/

Noun

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

Verb

To walk.

Verb

To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

Alternative forms: ancle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 14, 2026 (#1729).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ANKLE performs as a guess

ANKLE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,377 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

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SHORT DETER SATYR TORSE IRONY LORIS
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANKLE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,377 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANKLE ranks #5,377 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
194
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
C A D G E
A N K L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ANKLE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
224
210
146
122
90
85
83
82
75
73
65
59
47
45
44
38
31
25
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANKLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
9% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SHORT 5.96 bits
9.5% →
DETER 5.32 bits
8.9% →
SATYR 5.06 bits
6.2% →
TORSE 4.59 bits
5.2% →
IRONY 4.89 bits
3.8% →
LORIS 4.70 bits
3.6% →
SETER 4.22 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.45 bits
3.5% →
RAINY 4.00 bits
3.2% →
SHART 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1N1K5L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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