5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AVELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of avel

Noun

plural of avel

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 AVELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AVELS 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,205 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _V__S V in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TENOR CAIRN SNOUT CARTE SNORE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AVELS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,205 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AVELS ranks #7,205 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
224
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
21%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
297
218
159
110
99
97
90
79
76
56
51
49
45
44
37
34
27
27
26
22
22
19
17
14
14
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AVELS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
12.6% →
TENOR 5.22 bits
9.2% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 5.03 bits
4.7% →
CARTE 4.87 bits
4.2% →
SNORE 4.68 bits
4.1% →
CLOUT 4.58 bits
3.8% →
SCANT 4.60 bits
3.4% →
TONAL 4.30 bits
3.2% →
BOREE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1V4E1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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