5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APPEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈpɛl//ɑˈpɛl/

Noun

An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of appeal.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of apple.

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 APPEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APPEL 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,279 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___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT RINSE CAIRN SENOR CRATE COULD
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APPEL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,279 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APPEL ranks #10,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
277
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)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
287
282
161
147
142
85
81
67
58
50
50
44
33
33
30
29
28
23
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APPEL:

19% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
12% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SNORT 5.89 bits
12.2% →
RINSE 5.33 bits
12.0% →
CAIRN 5.11 bits
6.8% →
SENOR 4.34 bits
6.2% →
CRATE 4.96 bits
6.0% →
COULD 4.76 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.18 bits
2.8% →
POUTY 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3P3E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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