How to use this Wordle solver
- Add your green letters. Type any letters you've placed correctly into the matching position squares.
- Add your yellow letters. Enter letters you know are in the word but not where you guessed them.
- Add your grey letters. List every letter Wordle has ruled out.
- Read the ranked list. Every word that fits appears above, with the most likely answers first.
The more clues you enter, the shorter the list. After two guesses, most puzzles narrow to fewer than ten candidates.
How this solver works
The solver checks your clues against a dictionary of every valid five-letter English word, then ranks the matches by letter frequency in everyday English — because Wordle answers are always reasonably common words, never obscure ones. Unlike a plain word list, it handles repeated letters correctly (a grey E when another E is green means "exactly one E", not "no E"), which is where most manual solving goes wrong.
The best Wordle starting words
A strong opener tests as many frequent letters as possible. Statistically strong first guesses include:
- SLATE — five of the most common letters in answer words, all in likely positions.
- CRANE — excellent consonant coverage plus two common vowels.
- ADIEU — tests four vowels at once; great for finding the vowel pattern early.
- ROAST — strong positional accuracy for R, S and T.
- STARE — similar coverage to SLATE with a different position profile.
There's no single "perfect" opener — the best strategy is picking one strong word and learning its typical follow-ups. If your first guess yields mostly greys, a second word with entirely new letters (e.g. SLATE then CORNY) covers ten distinct letters in two turns.
Wordle tips and strategy
Play the odds on positions
More five-letter words end in E, Y, T and R than any other letters, and S is the most common starting letter. When choosing between candidates, favour the statistically likely shape.
Watch for repeated letters
Around one in five Wordle answers contains a repeated letter (think LEVEL, BOOST). If you're on guess four with no solution in sight, consider doubles.
Don't waste a guess confirming
In hard mode you must reuse known letters, but in normal mode a "probe" word made entirely of untested letters is often worth more than an immediate answer attempt when several candidates remain.
Learn the awkward families
Answer patterns like _IGHT (LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT) can burn four guesses if you test them one by one. When you spot one, use a probe word containing several of the distinguishing letters to split the family in one move.
Yesterday's answer never repeats
Wordle hasn't reused an answer, so you can quietly rule out every past solution.
For a deeper dive, read our full guide: Best Wordle Strategies — from opener to endgame.
FAQs
Is using a Wordle solver cheating?
That's between you and your streak. Many players use a solver to check their logic after finishing, to rescue a streak on a brutal puzzle, or to learn better strategy by seeing which candidates they missed. How you use it is up to you.
Does this solver use the official Wordle word list?
It uses a comprehensive list of valid five-letter English words and prioritises common words known to appear as answers, so the top suggestions are always plausible solutions.
Can I use this for Wordle clones and other 5-letter games?
Yes — it works for any five-letter word game, including Quordle, Octordle and newspaper lookalikes. For six or seven-letter games, use our main word unscrambler.
What is today's Wordle answer?
We don't publish daily spoilers. Use the solver above with your own clues — it will always find today's answer once you've entered a couple of guesses.