- 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.
Five-letter words starting with PE and ending in L (PE__L)
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What the remaining words have in common
5 matching words0 not previously used5 past answersTight family: PE_AL (3)
Position 3A 20%D 20%N 20%R 20%
Position 4A 60%I 20%R 20%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left
Can you finish PE__L?
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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
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This pattern has 5 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: PEARL (November 22, 2024); PEDAL (February 5, 2025); PENAL (August 2, 2026); PERIL (November 7, 2025); PETAL (August 31, 2025).
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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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.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: November 22, 2024.
PEDAL
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
“There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 5, 2025.
PENAL
Of or relating to punishment.
“penal servitude”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: August 2, 2026.
PERIL
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
“Your life is in peril.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: November 7, 2025.
PETAL
One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
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Past Wordle answer: August 31, 2025.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match PE__L?
- 5 five-letter words match PE__L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.