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

UNTIL

Yes, UNTIL was the Wordle answer on November 2, 2023 (Wordle #866).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɪl//ənˈtɪl//ʊnˈtɪl/

Preposition

Up to the time of (something happening); pending.

“If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.”

Preposition

Up to (a certain place)

“Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.”

Conjunction

Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).

“Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.”

Conjunction

Before (a condition becoming true).

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 2, 2023 (#866).

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

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How UNTIL performs as a guess

UNTIL 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,754 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

U___L U in the 1st position and L in the 5th position U__I_ U in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CARSE SOARE SHARE AROSE SPIRE MORSE
Words starting with U Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNTIL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,754 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNTIL ranks #1,754 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
17
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:
ILNTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T U N I C
U N T I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches UNTIL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
196
196
146
141
140
80
74
67
61
59
57
44
44
42
35
34
33
29
27
23
20
20
19
15
15
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNTIL:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
CARSE 6.22 bits
8.3% →
SOARE 5.37 bits
8.3% →
SHARE 5.89 bits
6.2% →
AROSE 5.24 bits
6.0% →
SPIRE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
MORSE 5.18 bits
3.4% →
GRONE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
SHIRE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
SCORE 4.86 bits
2.6% →
SAWER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1T1I1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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