5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PEDAL

Yes, PEDAL was the Wordle answer on February 5, 2025 (Wordle #1327).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdəl//ˈpiːdəl/

Noun

A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.

“There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.”

Noun

an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.

Verb

To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

“to pedal one's loom”

Verb

To operate a bicycle.

“He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.”

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: February 5, 2025 (#1327).

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

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How PEDAL performs as a guess

PEDAL 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,583 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TRONE TRAIN TARSE LOUSY TERSE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEDAL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,583 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEDAL ranks #1,583 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
12
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PEDAL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
263
244
136
117
88
72
71
67
52
48
46
42
41
35
31
29
27
25
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
20
19
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEDAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SNORT 5.95 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.46 bits
10.3% →
TRAIN 5.14 bits
5.8% →
TARSE 4.74 bits
5.0% →
LOUSY 4.52 bits
3.7% →
TERSE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SUITE 4.47 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.17 bits
2.8% →
ROUND 4.78 bits
2.2% →
STRIP 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1D2A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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