5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

EISEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsəl//ˈiːsəl//ˈeɪzəl/

Noun

vinegar, verjuice

Alternative forms: eisell, esile, esill, eysell

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 EISEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EISEL 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,670 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L E in the 1st position and L in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRACE ROAST TRAIN ALLOT ROANY
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EISEL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,670 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EISEL ranks #6,670 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
227
173
150
146
103
103
98
76
69
52
52
48
41
35
31
27
27
25
23
22
21
20
20
18
17
16
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EISEL:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
COURT 5.81 bits
9.6% →
TRACE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
6.4% →
TRAIN 5.46 bits
6.2% →
ALLOT 4.94 bits
4.4% →
ROANY 4.20 bits
4.4% →
SHART 4.77 bits
4.2% →
BLATE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
DIRTY 3.87 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1I1S1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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