5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEVEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Noun

A stonemason's hammer.

Alternative forms: kevil, cavel, cavil

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 KEVEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEVEL 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

K___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ARISE ALLOT SONAR SHART SABLE
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEVEL 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEVEL ranks #13,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
365
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
306
234
141
107
100
86
77
42
36
33
32
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28
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22
22
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEVEL:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALLOT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
13.0% →
ARISE 5.29 bits
9.9% →
ALLOT 4.92 bits
6.0% →
SONAR 4.61 bits
4.5% →
SHART 4.80 bits
4.2% →
SABLE 4.53 bits
3.6% →
SHACK 4.66 bits
3.3% →
ROAST 4.68 bits
1.8% →
STEER 4.01 bits
1.5% →
SAUCY 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1V4E1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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