5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

UTILE

UTILE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.taɪl/

Noun

A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.

Adjective

Useful.

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

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 UTILE performs as a guess

UTILE 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,618 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E U in the 1st position and E in the 5th position U__L_ U in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY SONAR SOARE HUMOR TRACT SHART
Words starting with U Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UTILE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,618 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UTILE ranks #3,618 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H I L Y
U T I L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches UTILE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

276
211
136
121
109
108
103
96
90
69
68
62
47
46
45
40
39
38
37
34
32
26
25
24
22
22
19
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UTILE:

12% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
9% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
6% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
CRONY 5.74 bits
8.9% →
SONAR 5.22 bits
5.8% →
SOARE 4.60 bits
5.1% →
HUMOR 4.53 bits
4.6% →
SONAR 4.94 bits
4.6% →
TRACT 5.11 bits
4.4% →
SHART 4.73 bits
4.1% →
NADIR 4.76 bits
3.8% →
RENAL 4.47 bits
2.9% →
TRAIT 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1T1I1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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