5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BETEL

BETEL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbiːtəl/

Noun

Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination

Noun

Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination:

Alternative forms: beetel, beetle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 BETEL performs as a guess

BETEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,142 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

B___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN SAINT ARISE COALY SONAR RAISE
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BETEL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,142 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BETEL ranks #7,142 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
14
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
35%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
B E T E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BETEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
253
231
197
123
95
73
68
54
49
45
41
34
28
27
27
26
25
25
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21
18
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BETEL:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
ARISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
CAIRN 5.89 bits
10.7% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
9.8% →
ARISE 5.28 bits
8.4% →
COALY 4.93 bits
5.2% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
4.0% →
RAISE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
ALOSE 4.43 bits
2.9% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
2.3% →
RAINY 4.48 bits
2.1% →
SONAR 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1T1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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