5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CHILL

Yes, CHILL was the Wordle answer on November 16, 2021 (Wordle #150).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tʃɪl//tʃəl//dʒɪl(lɯ)/

Noun

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

“There was a chill in the air.”

Noun

A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

“Close the window or you'll catch a chill.”

Adjective

Moderately cold or chilly.

“A chill wind was blowing down the street.”

Adjective

Unwelcoming; not cordial.

“Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.”

Alternative forms: ch'ill, 'chill

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 16, 2021 (#150).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CHILL performs as a guess

CHILL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,500 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

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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__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SANED SOARE TRONE TARSE STARE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHILL 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,500 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHILL ranks #8,500 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
32%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D O U G H
C H I L I
C H I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHILL in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
206
197
139
103
94
81
69
63
56
41
40
34
27
27
25
25
25
21
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHILL:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SANED
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
8.7% →
SANED 5.26 bits
8.4% →
SOARE 5.46 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 5.15 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 5.38 bits
4.0% →
STARE 5.47 bits
3.4% →
ORATE 5.15 bits
2.9% →
TONER 4.70 bits
2.7% →
TORSE 5.11 bits
2.4% →
SAYNE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1L1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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