5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ARTEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 97.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɛl//ɑːɹˈtɛl/

Noun

A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective.

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.

Why this solver ranks ARTEL highly

This solver ranks ARTEL highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 91.3% of games, misses completely in 8.7%, and leaves about 70 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #88 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #391 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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 _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

NOISY SEINE SOILY MASON HOIST NOISE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.76 Entropy (bits)
70 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
97.0% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARTEL 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#391 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARTEL ranks #391 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
1,017
4 guesses
1,067
5 guesses
162
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:
AELRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
36%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

204
138
120
115
110
81
72
71
69
69
66
63
57
56
55
40
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARTEL:

9% chance
Suggested:
NOISY
6% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
SOILY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.7% →
NOISY 5.41 bits
5.9% →
SEINE 5.53 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.66 bits
4.9% →
MASON 4.65 bits
4.7% →
HOIST 5.15 bits
3.4% →
NOISE 3.48 bits
3.1% →
HARRY 4.15 bits
3.0% →
DORSE 4.32 bits
2.9% →
BIOSE 4.40 bits
2.9% →
CORNY 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1T1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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