5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHIEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of chield.

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 CHIEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIEL 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,316 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___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 _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR SOARE ROAST ALLOT BLATE STARY
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIEL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,316 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIEL ranks #3,316 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
19
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
280
142
141
126
108
75
66
54
47
47
41
41
40
36
33
31
31
29
27
25
25
25
24
24
22
21
20
20
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIEL:

16% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SONAR 5.82 bits
11.9% →
SOARE 5.45 bits
6.0% →
ROAST 4.55 bits
6.0% →
ALLOT 5.06 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.23 bits
4.6% →
BLATE 4.60 bits
3.2% →
STARY 4.61 bits
2.8% →
SAURY 4.72 bits
2.3% →
SPANE 4.03 bits
2.0% →
RINSE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1E1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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