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Five-letter words starting with PE and ending in L (PE__L)

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Showing 5 matching words

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Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

5 matching words0 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: TODAYTight family: PE_AL (3)

Position 3A 20%D 20%N 20%R 20%

Position 4A 60%I 20%R 20%

Possible answers

PEARL PEDAL PENAL PERIL PETAL

used already been a Wordle answer · Likelihood labels describe modelled chance within a year, not eligibility. Method.

PEARL Very unlikely used PEDAL Very unlikely used PENAL Very unlikely used PERIL Very unlikely used PETAL Very unlikely used

Choose a move for this list

TODAY leaves 1.0 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. Every one of the 14,855 accepted guesses was compared. All 5 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, PEARL has a 20.0% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 2.2 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

This illustration assumes only the shown green letters. Your grey and yellow tiles can change both the candidates and legal moves. Use the Solver for your complete board.

See every feedback outcome

Feedback after TODAY; model probabilities conditional on this list
Feedback	Remaining words	Chance
grey, grey, grey, grey, grey	PERIL	20.0%
grey, grey, grey, yellow, grey	PEARL	20.0%
grey, grey, grey, green, grey	PENAL	20.0%
yellow, grey, grey, green, grey	PETAL	20.0%
grey, grey, green, green, grey	PEDAL	20.0%

Hard Mode: chance of finishing in 1–5 more guesses

These exact plans keep the shown greens and each later revealed hint. They assume no earlier yellow constraints. A 100% result guarantees a finish only within this matching list and these assumptions.

Best modelled finish probability for each remaining-turn budget
Guesses left	First move	Solve chance	Every answer covered?
1	PEARL	20.0%	No (1/5)
2	PEDAL	80.0%	No (4/5)
3	PEDAL	100.0%	Yes (5/5)
4	PEARL	100.0%	Yes (5/5)
5	PEARL	100.0%	Yes (5/5)

How this is calculated

Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left

Can you finish `PE__L`?

Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with PE__L as your green-letter clues.

Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.

Two-turn example: ABAND

In normal mode, this play can cover 5 of 5 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.

See how the feedback separates the answers

Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray PERIL — play this answer next
Gray, Gray, Green, Gray, Gray PEARL — play this answer next
Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray PETAL — play this answer next
Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray, Yellow PEDAL — play this answer next
Yellow, Gray, Gray, Yellow, Gray PENAL — play this answer next

Adapt this example to your board below. Extra clues and Hard Mode can change the best play.

Advanced: one-turn information and shortlist comparisons

These alternatives optimize how evenly one guess splits the answers. The planner above prioritizes finishing within your remaining turns.

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.

Previously used by Wordle: PEARL (November 22, 2024); PEDAL (February 5, 2025); PENAL (August 2, 2026); PERIL (November 7, 2025); PETAL (August 31, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ABAND

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 PEDAL instead.

ABAND does not fit this page's clues. PEDAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PE_AL

PEDAL, PENAL, PETAL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABAND tests the family more efficiently.

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Splits these words most evenly: TODAY of the 5 words here

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Pattern guide

What fits `PE__L`?

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

Letters that fit the blanks

3rd letter A, D, N, R, T
4th letter A, I, R

Meanings and answer history

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PEARL

A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.