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

EXTOL

Yes, EXTOL was the Wordle answer on August 21, 2025 (Wordle #1524).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstəʊl//ɪkˈstɒl//ɪkˈstoʊl/

Verb

To praise; to make high.

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: August 21, 2025 (#1524).

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

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How EXTOL performs as a guess

EXTOL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,328 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

E___L E in the 1st position and L in the 5th position E__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SEARE CAIRN SAINT CRONY SAUCY RAILE
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXTOL 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,328 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXTOL ranks #11,328 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
734
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
33
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:
ELOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
18%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S E T O N
E X T O L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EXTOL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
348
168
166
155
147
133
117
86
64
57
49
43
35
33
31
24
23
23
21
18
17
17
14
11
11
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXTOL:

17% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
15% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SEARE 5.49 bits
14.8% →
CAIRN 5.83 bits
7.1% →
SAINT 5.57 bits
7.0% →
CRONY 5.03 bits
6.6% →
SAUCY 5.01 bits
6.2% →
SEARE 5.09 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
5.0% →
SONAR 4.45 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SANER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8T1O1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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