5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEWEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.əl//ˈnu.əl//ˈnju.əl/

Noun

Either of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.

Noun

A novelty; a new thing.

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 NEWEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEWEL 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,139 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 SAINT SAUCY SABLE SHART ARISE
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEWEL 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEWEL ranks #10,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
22
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)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
265
229
222
109
98
89
70
64
48
44
38
33
27
27
25
25
22
20
20
16
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEWEL:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
ROAST 6.07 bits
11.2% →
ROAST 5.43 bits
9.7% →
SAINT 5.25 bits
9.4% →
SAUCY 5.00 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 4.27 bits
4.2% →
SABLE 4.52 bits
3.8% →
SHART 4.78 bits
3.0% →
ARISE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.60 bits
2.0% →
SHART 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1W4E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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