5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WAHAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

Check WAHAY on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 WAHAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAHAY 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 64.3% of games, misses completely in 35.7%, and leaves about 396 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__A_ W in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALERT TOILE TOUSE TORSE CLEAR
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
396 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAHAY 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAHAY ranks #14,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
606
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
420
6 guesses
33

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
34%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

843
305
199
192
152
112
66
61
60
31
28
25
25
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAHAY:

36% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.7% →
RIONE 5.97 bits
12.9% →
ALERT 5.34 bits
8.4% →
TOILE 4.52 bits
8.1% →
TOUSE 5.36 bits
6.4% →
TORSE 4.75 bits
4.7% →
CLEAR 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 3.47 bits
2.6% →
SOLER 4.78 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.56 bits
1.3% →
OLATE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1H4A1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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