5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEVEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of nebel

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 NEVEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEVEL 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,010 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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 _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAUCY SABLE SHART ARISE ALIGN
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEVEL 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,010 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEVEL ranks #11,010 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
19
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:
ELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
259
255
222
111
95
90
72
69
47
39
37
28
25
25
21
21
20
17
17
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEVEL:

26% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
11.0% →
ROAST 5.47 bits
10.8% →
ROAST 5.16 bits
9.4% →
SAUCY 4.96 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 4.19 bits
4.0% →
SABLE 4.54 bits
3.8% →
SHART 4.80 bits
3.1% →
ARISE 4.67 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.67 bits
2.0% →
ALIGN 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1V4E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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