5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WALED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of wale

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 WALED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WALED 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 SCANT TONEY CLOUT SENOR
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WALED 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WALED ranks #5,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
6

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
269
167
126
123
122
121
101
63
63
55
45
40
33
32
32
25
25
24
21
20
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WALED:

17% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SCANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
HOIST 5.99 bits
11.4% →
TORSE 5.35 bits
7.1% →
SCANT 5.26 bits
5.3% →
TONEY 4.07 bits
5.2% →
CLOUT 4.68 bits
5.2% →
SENOR 4.36 bits
5.1% →
SHART 5.00 bits
4.3% →
COAST 4.20 bits
2.7% →
SUETE 4.34 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1L1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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