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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

QUASH

Yes, QUASH was the Wordle answer on May 29, 2025 (Wordle #1440).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɒʃ//kwɑʃ//kwɔʃ/

Verb

To defeat decisively, to suppress.

“The army quashed the rebellion.”

Verb

To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 29, 2025 (#1440).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How QUASH performs as a guess

QUASH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.1% of games, misses completely in 25.9%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,269 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

Q__S_ Q in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

LINER TALER TRIPE TRINE TRONE MOILE
Words starting with Q Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUASH performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,269 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUASH ranks #12,269 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
28

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A D M I N
Q U A S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUASH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
408
175
149
124
94
89
70
60
57
55
49
34
31
31
24
22
21
21
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13
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12
12
12
12
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11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUASH:

26% chance
Suggested:
LINER
17% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.9% →
LINER 5.91 bits
17.3% →
TALER 5.44 bits
7.4% →
TRIPE 5.21 bits
6.3% →
TRINE 4.97 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
4.0% →
MOILE 4.05 bits
3.8% →
TRICE 5.36 bits
3.0% →
SALET 4.51 bits
2.5% →
TROPE 4.92 bits
2.4% →
RONTE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for QUASH; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

Q10U1A1S1H4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.