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

SWELL

Yes, SWELL was the Wordle answer on November 9, 2024 (Wordle #1239).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swɛl/

Verb

To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Verb

To cause to become bigger.

“Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.”

Noun

The act of swelling; increase in size.

Noun

A bulge or protuberance.

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 9, 2024 (#1239).

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

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How SWELL performs as a guess

SWELL 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

S___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE ROAST CLAIM LEARE PARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWELL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWELL ranks #11,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
C H A M P
S W E L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SWELL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
454
148
138
109
106
78
75
72
51
48
41
41
34
30
29
28
22
22
17
14
13
12
12
11
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWELL:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
19% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
19.3% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
6.3% →
ROAST 4.58 bits
5.9% →
CLAIM 4.81 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 4.94 bits
4.5% →
LEARE 4.48 bits
3.3% →
ROAST 4.79 bits
3.2% →
PARTE 4.46 bits
3.1% →
TRADE 4.59 bits
2.2% →
WORTH 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1L1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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