5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHELA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkilə//ˈkiːlə//ˈt͡ʃeɪ.lə/

Noun

A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.

Noun

A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism.

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 CHELA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHELA 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,563 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

C___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SNORT TRAIN GRATE SONAR SPOIL
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHELA 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,563 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHELA ranks #3,563 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
216
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
314
222
143
99
88
87
70
63
56
53
45
36
35
34
31
29
29
26
24
24
24
23
19
19
18
18
18
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHELA:

14% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
RIONE 5.31 bits
13.3% →
SNORT 5.89 bits
9.4% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
6.1% →
GRATE 4.59 bits
4.2% →
SONAR 4.48 bits
3.7% →
SPOIL 4.62 bits
3.7% →
GOIER 4.28 bits
3.0% →
GEARE 3.91 bits
2.7% →
MIRTH 4.45 bits
2.4% →
SETER 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1L1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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