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

MODEL

Yes, MODEL was the Wordle answer on July 1, 2021 (Wordle #12).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/[ˈmɒd.ɫ̩]/ˈmɑ.dl̩/

Noun

A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.

“Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.”

Noun

A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.

Adjective

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

Verb

To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.

“She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.”

Alternative forms: modell

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: July 1, 2021 (#12).

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

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How MODEL performs as a guess

MODEL 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,207 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

M___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STARE ARSON SAUCY STAIR STALE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MODEL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,207 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MODEL ranks #2,207 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
12
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
B O W E L
M O D E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MODEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
311
152
143
129
113
88
62
61
59
56
50
40
33
31
30
29
28
27
27
26
24
24
21
21
20
17
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MODEL:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SAINT 6.29 bits
13.2% →
STARE 5.63 bits
6.4% →
ARSON 5.27 bits
6.1% →
SAUCY 5.14 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.66 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.78 bits
3.7% →
SHART 4.53 bits
2.6% →
DEARE 4.76 bits
2.6% →
PRASE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
DRAIN 5.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1D2E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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