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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PIXEL

Yes, PIXEL was the Wordle answer on November 22, 2023 (Wordle #886).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.səl//ˈpɪk.sɛl/

Noun

One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

Noun

One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.

Verb

To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.

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 22, 2023 (#886).

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

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How PIXEL performs as a guess

PIXEL 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,755 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SEARE SAINT COAST BLATE TRINE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIXEL 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIXEL ranks #9,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
25
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
L I B E L
P I X E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PIXEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
349
169
168
157
120
87
81
63
51
50
37
32
29
29
27
26
25
22
20
19
18
17
17
16
16
14
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIXEL:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
14.8% →
SEARE 5.56 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 5.45 bits
7.1% →
COAST 5.06 bits
6.7% →
ROAST 4.63 bits
5.1% →
BLATE 4.67 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.16 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 5.02 bits
2.2% →
CLING 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1X8E1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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