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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

KNELL

Yes, KNELL was the Wordle answer on August 14, 2025 (Wordle #1517).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɛl//nel/

Verb

To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

Verb

To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.

Noun

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

Noun

A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

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 14, 2025 (#1517).

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

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How KNELL performs as a guess

KNELL 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,505 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

K___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR ROANY COAST SIREE SEARE
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNELL 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNELL ranks #12,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B L E N D
K N E L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KNELL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
472
217
126
119
107
88
62
56
51
42
35
34
32
26
25
23
22
21
21
20
17
15
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9
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNELL:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
20% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
ROAST 6.11 bits
20.0% →
STAIR 5.42 bits
9.2% →
ROANY 4.97 bits
5.3% →
COAST 5.02 bits
5.0% →
SIREE 4.73 bits
4.5% →
SEARE 4.49 bits
3.7% →
SHART 5.11 bits
2.6% →
STARK 4.63 bits
2.4% →
ROAST 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SAUCY 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1E1L1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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