5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WAIDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 WAIDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAIDE 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__D_ W in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SETER SLART SOREL SONLY SLANT
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAIDE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAIDE ranks #6,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
13
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:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
228
215
136
134
132
104
101
84
60
50
49
45
44
44
43
31
30
29
27
24
21
20
20
19
17
16
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAIDE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SLOTH 5.67 bits
9.7% →
SETER 5.58 bits
9.1% →
SLART 5.39 bits
5.8% →
SOREL 4.62 bits
5.7% →
SONLY 4.73 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.83 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.37 bits
2.5% →
RIPEN 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1I1D2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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