5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WEILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Weil

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 WEILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WEILS 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,586 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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

COURT ORATE ROAST ANTIC CLOAK STARE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEILS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,586 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEILS ranks #5,586 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
18
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
282
168
147
126
123
111
99
64
64
49
48
45
42
40
35
32
28
24
23
21
21
20
18
18
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15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEILS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
COURT 5.87 bits
12.0% →
ORATE 5.34 bits
7.1% →
ROAST 5.25 bits
6.2% →
ANTIC 5.19 bits
5.3% →
CLOAK 4.84 bits
5.2% →
STARE 4.88 bits
4.7% →
CARTE 4.56 bits
4.2% →
RANEE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
PRINT 4.22 bits
2.7% →
RONTE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1I1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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