5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AXELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæksəlz/

Noun

plural of axel

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of axel

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 AXELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AXELS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,126 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE CAIRN SNORT CARTE SENOR
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AXELS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,126 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AXELS ranks #10,126 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
23
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)
85%
Green tile
21%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
329
227
159
126
105
101
94
88
85
62
51
51
47
44
35
28
27
26
22
20
20
19
14
14
13
13
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AXELS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
14% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
COUNT 5.80 bits
14.0% →
NOIRE 5.22 bits
9.6% →
CAIRN 5.14 bits
6.7% →
SNORT 5.09 bits
5.3% →
CARTE 4.83 bits
4.5% →
SENOR 4.69 bits
4.3% →
CLOUT 4.59 bits
4.0% →
SCANT 4.56 bits
3.7% →
CAROL 4.19 bits
3.6% →
BOREE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1X8E1L1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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