5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EDILE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of aedile.

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 EDILE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EDILE 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,323 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

E___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _D__E D in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SONAR COAST SAUNT SAURY LATER
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EDILE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,323 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EDILE ranks #7,323 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
228
177
159
157
99
93
82
49
49
47
47
43
42
42
40
40
27
22
22
22
20
20
19
17
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EDILE:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
9.7% →
ROAST 5.34 bits
7.5% →
SONAR 5.22 bits
6.7% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.22 bits
4.2% →
SAUNT 4.64 bits
3.9% →
SAURY 4.80 bits
3.5% →
LATER 4.56 bits
2.1% →
SAUNT 4.19 bits
2.1% →
DEBAR 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1D2I1L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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