5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with B and ending in EL (B__EL)

Green letters (right spot)
Yellow letters (wrong spots)

Add every position where a present letter cannot go. Use Must contain twice for two copies, or the Solver for full guess rows.

Have completed coloured rows? Continue in Solver
Showing 9 matching words
Copy

Refine this pattern

The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Possible answers

BAGEL BETEL BEVEL BEZEL BOWEL

Shortlist note

How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BAGEL (May 25, 2023); BEVEL (May 26, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter AZOTE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use BETEL instead.

AZOTE does not fit this page's clues. BETEL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: BE_EL

BETEL, BEVEL, BEZEL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AZOTE tests the family more efficiently.

Compare two plays

Choose any two plays. The figures use the same 5 possible answers.

Put AZOTE into the Solver Try it from a fresh Practice board

Pattern guide

What fits B__EL?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, E, O
  • 3rd letter B, D, G, R, T, V, W, Z
Meanings and answer history

Definitions do not affect whether Wordle accepts a word. Report a correction.

BAGEL

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: May 25, 2023.

BETEL

Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BEVEL

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

“to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: May 26, 2024.

BEZEL

The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BOWEL

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BABEL

Alternative form of Babel.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BEDEL

An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.

“Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BOREL

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BOTEL

a floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B__EL?
9 five-letter words match B__EL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BOREL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.24 bits against the possible answers.
Keep going
B__ES B__ED B__ER Refine in Finder →
More Wordle tools
Solver Daily Practice