5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAVEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒævəl/

Noun

A vagabond.

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 JAVEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAVEL 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,505 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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.

J___L J in the 1st position and L in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT STIRE TRASH SENOR SOILY REAST
Words starting with J Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAVEL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAVEL ranks #13,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,326
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
21
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
314
216
165
163
150
145
87
79
58
41
35
31
31
30
28
26
21
18
17
15
13
11
11
10
9
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAVEL:

21% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
SNORT 5.85 bits
13.3% →
STIRE 5.35 bits
9.2% →
TRASH 5.17 bits
7.0% →
SENOR 4.41 bits
6.9% →
SOILY 4.74 bits
6.4% →
REAST 4.88 bits
6.1% →
RAINY 4.04 bits
3.7% →
TOILE 4.34 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.21 bits
2.5% →
BLATE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1V4E1L1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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