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CAMEL

Yes, CAMEL was the Wordle answer on September 2, 2024 (Wordle #1171).

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæml̩//ˈkæm(ə)l/

Noun

A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

Noun

A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).

Adjective

Of a light brown color like that of a camel.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (čamoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it KAMUHL.

Rhymes with HAMEL

In a sentence

Every part of the camel is used.
© tatoeba.org contributor Amastan (CC BY 2.0 FR)
The camel reached the stream.
© tatoeba.org contributor Amastan (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Use CAMEL in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

Open Solver with CAMEL Open Word Finder

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 2, 2024 (#1171).

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CAMEL in Connections

4 recorded appearances in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.

How CAMEL performs as a guess

CAMEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,095 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position CA_EL C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and L in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in CAMEL.

First-turn measures

All four describe CAMEL used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.21 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How CAMEL 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#1,095 Rank among openers
Opening with CAMEL left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.60 average. It ranks #1,095 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
C A M E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CAMEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

CAMEL can come back 115 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

344 answers
250 answers
150 answers
147 answers
118 answers
110 answers
99 answers
70 answers
67 answers
58 answers
53 answers
47 answers
44 answers
37 answers
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16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1M3E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Try next

SNORT RINSE SENOR TRAIN STARE SOILY

Strategy after playing CAMEL

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to CAMEL.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAMEL:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SNORT 6.06 bits
10.5% →
RINSE 5.37 bits
6.3% →
SENOR 4.44 bits
6.2% →
TRAIN 5.30 bits
4.9% →
STARE 4.85 bits
4.6% →
SOILY 4.69 bits
4.2% →
TARDY 4.16 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.47 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.84 bits
2.4% →
PLANT 4.27 bits

Research on CAMEL

Game-tree analysis and word research for CAMEL, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with CAMEL, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.62 guesses and ranks #461 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with CAMEL can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.60, at or below the proven-optimal 3.62, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
CAMEL sits in the intermediate band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 4 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as a word most readers meet regularly.
Learner level
Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B1); a word learners usually reach after the basics.
Age of acquisition
Typically learned around age 6, by Glasgow Norms speaker ratings.
Imageability
Imageability score: 94 of 100. Raters found it easy to picture.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.2 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Glasgow Norms (CC BY 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).