5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WEELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of weel

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 WEELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WEELS 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,442 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE STAIR CLAIM RAINE ROANY
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEELS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,442 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEELS ranks #10,442 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
285
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEELS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
13.2% →
ROATE 5.18 bits
10.0% →
STAIR 5.28 bits
8.2% →
CLAIM 4.87 bits
4.8% →
STAIR 4.64 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 4.49 bits
4.1% →
ROANY 4.58 bits
2.9% →
IDYLL 4.08 bits
2.2% →
SALON 4.18 bits
1.6% →
TREAD 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1E1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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