5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TEPAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛp(ə)l//ˈtiːp(ə)l/

Noun

Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.

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 TEPAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEPAL 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #602 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.

T___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__A_ T 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 SOUTH COULD SARGE
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% 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 TEPAL 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
0.72 Volatility
#602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEPAL ranks #602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
99
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,093
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
16
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
27%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

131 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
235
193
137
119
108
80
76
69
67
66
60
54
42
39
38
30
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEPAL:

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
5.8% →
SOUTH 5.18 bits
5.0% →
COULD 4.80 bits
4.6% →
SARGE 4.45 bits
3.4% →
DENSE 4.41 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.55 bits
2.9% →
BIOSE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
SOREE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1P3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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