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

IMPEL

Yes, IMPEL was the Wordle answer on December 28, 2022 (Wordle #557).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛl/

Verb

To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

Verb

To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

“The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.”

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: December 28, 2022 (#557).

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

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How IMPEL performs as a guess

IMPEL 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

I___L I in the 1st position and L in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _M__L M in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SEARE SAINT COAST BLATE TRINE
Words starting with I Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IMPEL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IMPEL ranks #5,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
19
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
I M P E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IMPEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
312
215
154
136
112
88
83
66
59
58
45
37
34
33
33
30
28
27
26
20
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20
18
17
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IMPEL:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
ROAST 6.09 bits
13.2% →
SEARE 5.59 bits
9.1% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
6.5% →
COAST 5.07 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 4.64 bits
4.7% →
BLATE 4.71 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
3.5% →
MAYOR 4.92 bits
2.8% →
SAURY 4.89 bits
2.5% →
GUILD 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1M3P3E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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