5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

PATEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pəˈtɛl/

Noun

A village head man.

Alternative forms: patail, patell, pattel, potail

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 PATEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PATEL 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #616 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.

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.

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

CRONY NOIRE SHOUT ACORN COULD SENOR
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATEL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#616 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATEL ranks #616 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
99
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
36%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

136 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
199
154
133
119
116
98
89
74
69
59
52
46
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATEL:

11% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
8.4% →
NOIRE 5.28 bits
6.5% →
SHOUT 5.36 bits
5.6% →
ACORN 5.03 bits
5.0% →
COULD 4.80 bits
4.9% →
SENOR 4.23 bits
4.2% →
DRAKE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
RAYON 4.17 bits
3.1% →
SHIRE 4.86 bits
2.9% →
BIOSE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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