5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WADED

WADED is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of wade

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How WADED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WADED as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

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

W___D W in the 1st position and D in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position WA_ED W in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TORSE SLART SENOR SONLY URINE
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WADED 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WADED ranks #13,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
663
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
371
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
348
280
188
169
163
49
49
48
45
39
29
29
24
23
23
22
20
17
14
13
13
13
12
11
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WADED:

24% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
HOIST 5.82 bits
14.8% →
TORSE 5.22 bits
11.9% →
SLART 5.39 bits
8.0% →
SLART 5.26 bits
7.2% →
SENOR 4.35 bits
6.9% →
SONLY 4.53 bits
2.1% →
URINE 4.38 bits
2.1% →
LATER 3.26 bits
2.0% →
SAULT 3.68 bits
1.9% →
SOILY 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1D2E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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