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

WHEEL

Yes, WHEEL was the Wordle answer on July 25, 2023 (Wordle #766).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwiːl/[ˈwɪi̯l]/ˈʍiːl/

Noun

A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

Noun

The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.

Verb

To roll along on wheels.

“Wheel that trolley over here, would you?”

Verb

To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.

“The patient was wheeled out of the ER.”

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: July 25, 2023 (#766).

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

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How WHEEL performs as a guess

WHEEL 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,803 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___L W in the 1st position and L in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN RAISE SLAIN RAINY COAST SABLE
Words starting with W Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHEEL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHEEL ranks #11,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
322
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B E E C H
W H E E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHEEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

645
330
236
134
126
110
75
60
51
39
37
35
32
30
27
24
23
21
21
18
18
17
13
12
11
11
11
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHEEL:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
14.0% →
RAISE 5.21 bits
10.0% →
SLAIN 4.82 bits
5.7% →
RAINY 4.40 bits
5.3% →
COAST 4.87 bits
4.7% →
SABLE 4.34 bits
3.2% →
SONAR 4.55 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.68 bits
2.2% →
TREAD 4.48 bits
1.7% →
SNARY 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4E1E1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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