5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WALDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/

Noun

Synonym of telefactor.

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 WALDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WALDO 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,244 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___O W in the 1st position and O in the 5th position W__D_ W in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TORSE REAST SLIER TRINE SLANE
Words starting with W Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WALDO 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,244 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WALDO ranks #7,244 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
288
244
165
157
138
92
59
50
45
44
41
37
29
26
23
22
21
21
21
20
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14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WALDO:

21% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
STIRE 6.12 bits
12.2% →
TORSE 5.42 bits
10.3% →
REAST 5.66 bits
7.0% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
6.7% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
5.8% →
SLANE 4.63 bits
3.9% →
DINER 5.29 bits
2.5% →
SCOTE 4.35 bits
2.1% →
COOER 4.26 bits
1.9% →
LANCE 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1L1D2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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