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PANEL

Yes, PANEL was the Wordle answer on August 24, 2021 (Wordle #66).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpænəl/[ˈpæn.ɫ̩][ˈpɛən.əl]

Noun

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

“Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.”

Noun

A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

“Today’s panel includes John Smith.”

Verb

To fit (a room etc.) with panels.

Verb

To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.

Alternative forms: pannel

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 24, 2021 (#66).

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

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How PANEL performs as a guess

PANEL 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #624 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

P___L P in the 1st position and L in the 5th position P__E_ P 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 TORSE TRASH REAST TRODE COULD
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.37 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANEL 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#624 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANEL ranks #624 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
150
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)
88%
Green tile
37%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PANEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
202
142
123
115
114
102
89
74
60
53
49
46
46
40
39
34
29
28
27
27
25
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANEL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SHORT 6.03 bits
8.6% →
TORSE 5.38 bits
6.0% →
TRASH 5.16 bits
5.2% →
REAST 4.87 bits
4.9% →
TRODE 4.09 bits
4.8% →
COULD 4.88 bits
4.3% →
IRONY 4.87 bits
3.8% →
SATYR 3.98 bits
3.1% →
TOILE 4.40 bits
2.5% →
SEINE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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