- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
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Five-letter words ending in RILL (_RILL)
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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: DRILL (October 23, 2025); FRILL (July 31, 2025); KRILL (April 4, 2025).
DEFOG does not fit this page's clues. DRILL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.5 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
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_RILL
DRILL, FRILL, GRILL, KRILL differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DEFOG tests the family more efficiently.
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Pattern guide
What fits _RILL?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter B, D, F, G, K, P, T
Meanings and answer history
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DRILL
To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
“Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.”
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Past Wordle answer: October 23, 2025.
FRILL
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
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Past Wordle answer: July 31, 2025.
GRILL
A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
KRILL
Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
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Past Wordle answer: April 4, 2025.
BRILL
A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
PRILL
to flow, spurt
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
TRILL
A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _RILL?
- 7 five-letter words match _RILL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, TRILL has the highest feedback entropy at 4.69 bits against the possible answers.