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

PETAL

Yes, PETAL was the Wordle answer on August 31, 2025 (Wordle #1534).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtl̩/

Noun

One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

Noun

The labia (majora).

Verb

To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

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 31, 2025 (#1534).

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

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How PETAL performs as a guess

PETAL 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #733 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__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

CRONY DRONE CAIRN SHOUT COULD SARGE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PETAL 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
#733 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PETAL ranks #733 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
94
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
15
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:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PETAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
235
193
154
119
108
83
82
80
69
66
42
39
35
35
29
29
28
25
24
24
23
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PETAL:

11% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
10.0% →
DRONE 5.34 bits
8.2% →
CAIRN 5.22 bits
6.5% →
SHOUT 5.36 bits
5.0% →
COULD 4.80 bits
4.6% →
SARGE 4.45 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 4.66 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 5.04 bits
3.4% →
DENSE 4.41 bits
2.9% →
BIOSE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1T1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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