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

PERIL

Yes, PERIL was the Wordle answer on November 7, 2025 (Wordle #1602).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪl//ˈpɛɹəl/

Noun

A situation of serious and immediate danger.

“Your life is in peril.”

Noun

Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

“the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)”

Verb

To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.

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: November 7, 2025 (#1602).

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

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How PERIL performs as a guess

PERIL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,147 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT ARSON COAST HOIST BLASE SNIDE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERIL 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,147 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERIL ranks #1,147 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,050
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E R I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PERIL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

285
189
166
163
142
124
90
67
66
58
56
53
52
48
44
36
35
32
31
30
29
27
23
22
21
21
20
19
19
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERIL:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
SAUNT 5.85 bits
8.0% →
SAUNT 5.50 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.01 bits
6.9% →
COAST 4.68 bits
6.0% →
COAST 5.09 bits
5.3% →
HOIST 4.97 bits
3.8% →
BLASE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SNIDE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
STADE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1I1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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