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EXPEL

Yes, EXPEL was the Wordle answer on January 30, 2024 (Wordle #955).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛl/

Verb

To eject.

Verb

To remove from membership.

“He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.”

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: January 30, 2024 (#955).

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

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How EXPEL performs as a guess

EXPEL 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 359 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Try next

ROAST TIARE COAST SONAR STALE STAIR
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
359 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXPEL 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXPEL ranks #13,448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
638
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B E E C H
E X P E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EXPEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

757
378
239
145
128
125
85
70
48
43
36
33
19
19
19
18
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXPEL:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
16.0% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
10.1% →
COAST 4.96 bits
6.1% →
SONAR 4.58 bits
5.4% →
STALE 4.64 bits
5.3% →
STAIR 5.05 bits
3.6% →
SONAR 4.65 bits
3.0% →
STAIR 4.70 bits
2.0% →
SURGE 4.14 bits
1.8% →
STEER 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8P3E1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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