5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

QUIET

Yes, QUIET was the Wordle answer on July 5, 2021 (Wordle #16).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/[ˈkʰw̥aɪ̯.ət]

Adjective

With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

“I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.”

Adjective

Having little motion or activity; calm.

“the sea was quiet”

Verb

To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.

“Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.”

Verb

To become quiet or calm.

“When you quiet, we can start talking.”

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: July 5, 2021 (#16).

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

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How QUIET performs as a guess

QUIET is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,020 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

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

Q___T Q in the 1st position and T in the 5th position Q__E_ Q in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CLARY LEARE SOLAR SNAIL SLOTH SLUNG
Words starting with Q Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIET 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,020 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIET ranks #12,020 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
32
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EITU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
D U V E T
Q U I E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUIET in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
345
165
147
112
100
98
94
81
62
56
53
49
48
47
42
39
37
30
28
24
20
20
20
20
17
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIET:

18% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
CLARY 5.76 bits
14.6% →
LEARE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
SOLAR 4.59 bits
6.2% →
SNAIL 4.81 bits
4.7% →
SLOTH 4.79 bits
4.2% →
SLUNG 4.70 bits
4.2% →
CLARY 4.59 bits
4.0% →
TARTE 4.80 bits
3.4% →
SURLY 3.70 bits
2.6% →
PLANE 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1E1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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