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NAVEL

Yes, NAVEL was the Wordle answer on March 8, 2025 (Wordle #1358).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəl//ˈneɪbəl/

Noun

The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

Noun

The central part or point of anything; the middle.

Verb

To be in the middle of a landscape.

Alternative forms: navil

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: March 8, 2025 (#1358).

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

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How NAVEL performs as a guess

NAVEL 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,139 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

N___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position N__E_ N 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

SHORT STIRE TRASH IRONY SOULY REAST
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAVEL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAVEL ranks #7,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16
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:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
N A V E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NAVEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
231
156
150
135
129
123
102
81
77
63
60
50
45
40
35
29
28
27
27
25
24
21
21
20
16
15
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13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAVEL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SHORT 5.99 bits
9.8% →
STIRE 5.32 bits
6.6% →
TRASH 5.28 bits
6.4% →
IRONY 4.91 bits
5.7% →
SOULY 4.81 bits
5.5% →
REAST 4.92 bits
5.2% →
SORER 3.94 bits
4.3% →
PARTY 4.33 bits
3.4% →
SEINE 4.69 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1V4E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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