5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REGLE

REGLE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡəl/

Verb

Alternative spelling of reigle (“to rule/govern”).

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How REGLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REGLE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

R___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST ONSET GUANO ABOUT ADMIN
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REGLE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REGLE ranks #6,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
280
194
132
129
107
80
79
65
53
52
43
41
34
33
31
27
27
26
24
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20
19
19
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REGLE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SAINT 6.03 bits
11.9% →
COAST 5.59 bits
8.2% →
COAST 5.25 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
5.5% →
SAINT 4.18 bits
4.5% →
ONSET 5.02 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.64 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.25 bits
2.8% →
GUANO 4.86 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1G2L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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