5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of wame

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 WAMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAMES 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,569 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position WA_ES W in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SNOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAMES 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,569 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAMES ranks #8,569 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
262
195
161
154
152
123
101
77
58
52
40
38
37
30
29
26
26
25
24
24
22
21
18
17
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAMES:

16% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
11.1% →
TRINE 5.21 bits
8.3% →
TRAIL 5.31 bits
6.8% →
SNOUT 5.00 bits
6.5% →
OLDER 4.14 bits
6.4% →
DEALT 4.82 bits
5.2% →
RAINY 4.05 bits
4.3% →
SNORE 4.46 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
2.5% →
MOULT 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1M3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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