5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AWEEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Well; well then.

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 AWEEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AWEEL 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,952 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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 _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST CAIRN NOIRE SOILY CRATE RIONE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AWEEL 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,952 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AWEEL ranks #10,952 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
21
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
302
241
156
127
110
94
56
52
52
47
41
32
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AWEEL:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
HOIST 5.91 bits
12.8% →
CAIRN 5.06 bits
10.2% →
NOIRE 5.22 bits
6.6% →
SOILY 4.76 bits
5.4% →
CRATE 4.87 bits
4.7% →
RIONE 3.92 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.37 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.33 bits
2.2% →
REAST 3.98 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1W4E1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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