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

QUILL

Yes, QUILL was the Wordle answer on September 22, 2025 (Wordle #1556).

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɪl/[kʰw̥ɪl]

Noun

The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

Noun

A pen made from a feather.

Verb

To pierce with quills. (Usually in the passive voice, as be quilled or get quilled.)

Verb

To write.

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: September 22, 2025 (#1556).

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

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How QUILL performs as a guess

QUILL 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 61.6% of games, misses completely in 38.4%, and leaves about 436 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,982 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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.

Q___L Q in the 1st position and L in the 5th position Q__L_ Q in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RONTE BLASE TRONE MORNE TONER
Words starting with Q Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
436 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUILL 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,982 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUILL ranks #13,982 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
628
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
34
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
29%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D O U G H
Q U I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

906
264
207
180
179
109
77
59
45
43
36
24
18
17
15
13
13
13
13
12
11
9
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUILL:

38% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
BLASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.4% →
TARSE 6.32 bits
11.2% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
8.8% →
BLASE 5.22 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
4.6% →
MORNE 4.26 bits
3.3% →
TONER 4.60 bits
2.5% →
SAYNE 4.74 bits
1.9% →
TILDE 4.19 bits
1.8% →
SPACE 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1L1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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