5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

WALTZ

Yes, WALTZ was the Wordle answer on October 30, 2022 (Wordle #498).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɒlts//wɔːlts//wɔlts/

Noun

A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

Noun

A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).

Verb

To dance the waltz (with).

“They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.”

Verb

To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.

“He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 30, 2022 (#498).

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

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How WALTZ performs as a guess

WALTZ is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,141 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__T_ W in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Z A in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ROUET CRANE SLIER MORNE SNARE
Words starting with W Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WALTZ 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#11,141 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WALTZ ranks #11,141 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,318
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N I P Y
W A L T Z

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WALTZ in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
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216
138
136
94
69
53
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WALTZ:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
RIONE 6.09 bits
11.0% →
ROUET 5.52 bits
10.5% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
9.2% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
5.9% →
MORNE 4.81 bits
5.8% →
CRANE 4.53 bits
4.0% →
SNARE 4.94 bits
2.9% →
SHORE 4.67 bits
2.2% →
MOILE 4.35 bits
2.1% →
CRINE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1L1T1Z10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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