5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WANEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring.

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 WANEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WANEY 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,885 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOISE SLART SLIER SOILY COUNT
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WANEY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,885 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WANEY ranks #8,885 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
42%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
276
216
184
158
141
100
78
66
64
54
43
37
34
34
31
29
27
26
26
21
20
17
15
14
14
14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WANEY:

14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COURT 6.04 bits
11.7% →
TOISE 5.10 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.45 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.21 bits
6.7% →
SLIER 4.26 bits
6.0% →
SOILY 4.09 bits
4.2% →
COUNT 4.94 bits
3.3% →
CAROL 4.24 bits
2.8% →
POIRE 4.52 bits
2.7% →
GRANT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1N1E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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